Conservation. Both species of chinchilla are currently listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to a severe population loss ...

Chinchillas are endangered in the wild. It is now illegal to trap or hunt chinchillas throughout their range, but enforcement is notoriously difficult in ...

9 авг. 2024 г. · Although not extinct, this small rodent is endangered, which means that the species is at serious risk of extinction unless action is taken.

IUCN: Critically Endangered due to declining population from illegal hunting and habitat quality. Threatened in the wild with extinction, fewer than 10,000 ...

The IUCN places the species as critically endangered, noting a decline of at least 80 percent in the past decade because of exploitation and habitat loss (Nowak ...

Both have suffered from excessive hunting and trapping, and both are currently listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Endangered ...

The endangered, long-tailed chinchilla is a medium-sized rodent with famously thick, beautiful fur. It is a social, matriarchal animal native to the Andes ...

The short-tailed chinchilla is now classified as Critically Endangered in Chile, where a very few isolated colonies persist in the country's arid foothills.

12 авг. 2022 г. · Mining has become a substantial threat to chinchillas. Multiple colonies in Chile are known to be living on top of huge quantities of extractable gold.