Woodchuck vs Chinchilla - What's the difference?
woodchuck | chinchilla |
A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, .
Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla , native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
* 2004 , Jamie Huggins, Chinchillas - from Pets to Profession ,
* 2008 , Jeff Wyatt, Chapter 17: Anesthesia and Analgesia in Other Mammals'', Richard E. Fish, Marilyn J. Brown, Peggy J. Danneman, Alicia Z. Karas (editors), ''Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals ,
* 2009 , Ron E. Banks, Julie M. Sharp, Sonia D. Doss, Deborah A. Vanderford, Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry ,
(uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla , used for clothing.
As nouns the difference between woodchuck and chinchilla
is that woodchuck is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, species: Marmota monax while chinchilla is either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.woodchuck
English
(wikipedia woodchuck)Noun
(en noun)- How much wood would a woodchuck''' chuck if a '''woodchuck could chuck wood? — popular tongue-twister.
Synonyms
* (rodent of the family Sciuridae) groundhog, whistle-pig, land-beaver, moonackchinchilla
English
(wikipedia chinchilla)Noun
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- It's important to put a lot of thought into owning a chinchilla since they have a considerably long lifespan of 10 to 20 years.
- Chinchillas are most widely known for their exceptional fur coat.
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- Chinchillas' inhabit high elevations (3,000–5,000m) of the Chilean Andes Mountains. The ' chinchillas kept as pet or research animals in North America are all descendents(sic) of 13 founders wild caught in 1927.
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- Chinchillas' are long-lived rodents that are native to South America, primarily Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The '''chinchilla is a hystricomorph (hedgehoglike) rodent closely related to guinea pigs, porcupines, and agoutis (Hrapkiewicz ''et al. , 1998).