chinchilla

Somewhere in the government, a committee will soon convene on the question of the chinchilla.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026

“The day after she arrived,” Ms. Smith wrote, “the fur coats, including one sable, one chinchilla and a mink, were missing,” apparently stolen from the actress’s hotel room.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

The scene captured on video is among the findings from an undercover investigation into conditions on Romania’s chinchilla fur farms, carried out last year by the animal welfare charity Humane Society International.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

TL:DR: do not lick your chinchilla while you have monkeypox.

From The Verge ● Aug. 5, 2022

I could also name some rarer animals: chinchilla, mink, crocodile, ostrich, emu, beaver, leopard.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

They lack the adorable charisma of chinchillas, porcupines, moles or rats, though.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

They were the first rodents to ever set foot on the continent, where they evolved into well-known groups like guinea pigs, chinchillas, capybaras and porcupines.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024

The SEC has argued that the test -- which has been applied to investments in everything from whiskey casks to chinchillas -- depends on the economic realities of transactions, not the labels applied to them.

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023

“You weren’t just dealing with moving 400 chinchillas, which is not as hard, because they’re all one species so you can find new homes more easily for them,” Peet said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022

Esteban Trueba was less impressed by the nobleman’s bragging than he was by the chinchillas.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende