Order Rodentia (Part 6) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 560 594 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353039 0-89327-235-3 7353039 Chinchilla lanigera (Molina, 1782) . Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile , p. 301 . TYPE LOCALITY: Chile , Coquimbo Prov. , Coquimbo . DISTRIBUTION: N. Chile , in foothills of the Andes and coastal mountains south to Coquimbo . PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Chinchilla spp. , South American populations only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410023001002001 as C. laniger (sic).