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chinchilla) The chinchilla's dense, soft fur enables it to survive at altitudes of around 3,000 m/10,000 ft in the Andes. It is this fur, however, that has caused the chinchilla to be hunted to such an extent that it is now rare and is protected in the wild. South American rodent Chinchilla laniger found in high, rather barren areas of the Andes in Bolivia and Chile. About the size of a small rabbit, it has long ears and a long bushy tail, and shelters in rock crevices. These gregarious animals have thick, soft, silver-grey fur, and were hunted almost to extinction for it. They are now farmed and protected in the wild. |
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Exotic pets are also a source of several human infections that vary from severe monkeypox related to pet prairie dogs or lyssaviruses in pet bats to less severe but more common ringworm infections acquired from African pygmy hedgehogs or chinchillas. Spektor: Park et al investigated the protective effect of corticosteroids against the cytotoxicity of aminoglycoside otic drops in the outer hair cells of chinchillas. According to the most recent figures from animal control, over 5,000 wild animals were seized from city homes last year, including alligators, pigs and chinchillas. |
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