Chinchilla brevicaudata Waterhouse, 1848 . Nat. Hist. Mammal., 2:241.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru .

DISTRIBUTION: Andes of S. Bolivia, S. Peru, N. W. Argentina, and Chile.

COMMENT: Pine et al., 1979, Mammalia, 43:362-363, included brevicaudata in lanigera, without comment.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Chinchilla spp., South American populations only.

CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. b. boliviano subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410023001001001.