2010 Curly Chinchilla Naming Contest

The curly chinchilla mutation is relatively new. Initially imported into the United States from Germany in December of 2007, the gene appears to be ebony-linked. A chinchilla has to express ebony in order to express actual curls in the phenotype. The curly fur also appears in ebony hybrids like tans, and ebony and white mosaics. Breeding curly to curly results in even curlier fur in subsequent generations. Future development of the gene and new hybrids should prove to be exciting among hobbyist and show breeders worldwide. Beginning in 2010, a small number of the new curly chinchillas are being offered for sale on Chinchillas.com. However, this new mutation needs a name. We are asking chinchilla breeders and enthusiasts to suggest a name for the ebony-linked curly chinchilla. If we select your name, you will receive a stamped and numbered limited edition sterling silver Chinchilla Millennia VI miniature sculpture, mounted on a silver slider, created by New York artist Barbara Scott-Fisher.

Thank you for participating!
 

Curly Chinchilla Naming Contest Entries:

• Fuzzy Slippers - Aidan, USA
  10/22/2010 5:15:40 PM

• Furled Ebony
  10/22/2010 7:38:27 PM

• Furled Velvet
  10/22/2010 7:38:45 PM

• Furled Wrap-Around Velvet
  10/22/2010 7:41:41 PM

• Furled tan
  10/22/2010 7:42:02 PM

• Furled furled white mosaic
  10/22/2010 7:42:22 PM

• Furled white mosaic
  10/22/2010 7:42:38 PM

• Furled solid sapphire
  10/22/2010 7:43:01 PM

• furled sapphire
  10/22/2010 7:43:11 PM

• furled tan and white mosaic
  10/22/2010 7:43:28 PM

• furled angora
  10/22/2010 7:43:44 PM

• Curly-Q
  10/22/2010 8:51:50 PM

• "BOUCLES CHINCHILLAS" BOUCLES MEANS CURLY HAIR IN FRENCH cheveux bouclés
  10/22/2010 10:08:41 PM

• Minipli-Chinchilla (is an especially kind of hair, means small curly) Rasta-Chinchilla Rex-Chinchilla Im from Austria, kind regards Michaela
  10/23/2010 1:25:09 AM

• Ebon-Rex Canada
  10/23/2010 1:41:54 AM

• obsidian Rex Canada
  10/23/2010 1:43:30 AM

• The ewok mutation. So an ebony ewok... Scotland sends it''s greetings
  10/23/2010 2:06:09 AM

• Curleb, The Netherlands
  10/23/2010 2:47:40 AM

• ASH USA
  10/23/2010 2:50:17 AM

• Choodle US
  10/23/2010 3:07:12 AM

• Chinchoodle (don''t you think it''s reminiscent of a poodle?) US
  10/23/2010 3:08:55 AM

• Ebony Rizado : Spanish for curly. United States of America
  10/23/2010 3:46:14 AM

• Afro
  10/23/2010 5:20:35 AM

• Curly coated
  10/23/2010 5:21:56 AM

• Chinnoodle - U.S.A.
  10/23/2010 5:40:42 AM

• Curlychin United States
  10/23/2010 7:17:31 AM

• The Ebony Furminator
  10/23/2010 8:11:06 AM

• Lambchin
  10/23/2010 8:12:01 AM

• Rex USA
  10/23/2010 9:22:28 AM

• Indiana Jones - USA
  10/23/2010 10:13:25 AM

• Spunkis-USA
  10/23/2010 10:15:37 AM

• CurChins
  10/23/2010 10:40:42 AM

• Dusters - USA
  10/23/2010 10:46:14 AM

• Chinchilla crespita Canada
  10/23/2010 10:47:15 AM

• Im from Texas, USA!!!! Hope I can put a few ideas here. Here they are: *Frizzed *Crinkled *Wound *Permed *Kinky *Ringlet *Wavy *sprial
  10/23/2010 10:52:32 AM

• I love the curly mutation! The "Ebony Curl" could be the name of the mutation. I think you could treat it as the velvet and call any mutations with the curly gene a TOC or Touch of Curl. This chinchilla is beautiful and I can''t wait until they are available to small hobbyists and breeders. I would love to see what the Angora/Curl develops as.
  10/23/2010 10:54:33 AM

• Spirillum United States
  10/23/2010 10:57:34 AM

• Ebony Curl
  10/23/2010 11:04:33 AM

• Fuzzle United States
  10/23/2010 11:26:59 AM

• Gradient -- USA
  10/23/2010 11:43:21 AM

• Chinpoo.......................because its fur looks like a poodle
  10/23/2010 12:57:42 PM

• Fuzzy wuzzy
  10/23/2010 12:59:37 PM

• Ebony Kurl The initials commonly used for ebony carrier are ec. Spelling curl with a "k" gives the mutation unique initials. Spelling curl with a "k" will make the mutation name unique.
  10/23/2010 1:04:22 PM

• The person who submitted Ebony Kurl lives in the united states.
  10/23/2010 1:07:26 PM

• lovelock
  10/23/2010 1:33:47 PM

• Ringlet chinchilla Karakul chinchilla Curly Rex chinchilla Rex chinchilla Warm Hello to everyone from Ukraine:)
  10/23/2010 2:13:12 PM

• Wooly Booly, San Diego, CA
  10/23/2010 2:14:00 PM

• Black Sheep Chin, San Diego, CA
  10/23/2010 2:14:17 PM

• Sherpa Coated Chin, San Diego, CA
  10/23/2010 2:14:57 PM

• Curly Sherpa Coated Chin, San Diego, CA
  10/23/2010 2:15:10 PM

• Lamb Chop Chin, San Diego, CA
  10/23/2010 2:15:34 PM

• Eyelash Chenille, USA
  10/23/2010 2:17:11 PM

• Chenille, USA
  10/23/2010 2:17:16 PM

• "Wilson Rex" - after the breeders, stephanie and peter wilson, and "rex" because of the curly haird cat the Devon Rex.
  10/23/2010 2:34:32 PM

• Fluffernutter Mutation
  10/23/2010 3:19:00 PM

• from the USA: the "Lockig Ebonhoz" (which is german for "curly ebony")
  10/23/2010 3:35:33 PM

• the woolly chinchilla /canada
  10/23/2010 4:30:02 PM

• mutacion POM POM
  10/23/2010 4:59:27 PM

• chinchurly united states
  10/23/2010 5:07:24 PM

• The Frizzle Chinchilla! In the poultry world a chicken whose feathers do not lay flat is called a frizzle. This chinchilla reminds me of those frizzled chickens! From the USA!
  10/23/2010 5:20:31 PM

• Oscuro Curled Chinchilla USA
  10/23/2010 5:24:18 PM

• Afro-Ebony (or whatever color the curly manifests with) Chinchilla
  10/23/2010 5:37:15 PM

• Bashful curlies
  10/23/2010 6:21:38 PM

• Suri - USA
  10/23/2010 8:50:06 PM

• Ebony Ringlet, Ebony Wave, Ebony Swirl, Ebony Twist, Ebony Scroll
  10/23/2010 8:55:34 PM

• chincurleb usa
  10/23/2010 9:19:43 PM

• Funky chinchilla,Wavy chinchilla, Funry waves chinchilla mutation,Karakul waves chinchilla.
  10/23/2010 9:50:38 PM

• The Troy Polamalu! The Polamalu Curl!
  10/23/2010 10:59:10 PM

• Aewsome Blossom North Carolina/USA
  10/24/2010 12:14:24 AM

• boucle noir
  10/24/2010 1:41:26 AM

• rex - curl ; ( Belgium)
  10/24/2010 5:31:54 AM

• I WOULD CALL IT A POOCHIN FOR A POODLE AND CHINCHILA
  10/24/2010 8:38:34 AM

• Tousle
  10/24/2010 8:51:57 AM

• Ebony Curls
  10/24/2010 12:12:36 PM

• Ebony locks
  10/24/2010 12:13:05 PM

• Curly wool
  10/24/2010 12:13:23 PM

• Kinky chinchillas
  10/24/2010 12:13:49 PM

• Kinky curls
  10/24/2010 12:14:06 PM

• Kinky curls USA
  10/24/2010 12:14:54 PM

• Ebony curls USA
  10/24/2010 12:15:17 PM

• Ebony locks USA
  10/24/2010 12:15:36 PM

• Curly wool USA
  10/24/2010 12:16:02 PM

• Kinky chinchilla USA
  10/24/2010 12:16:40 PM

• fuzzed buzzed chinchillas USA
  10/24/2010 12:18:28 PM

• Locken Ebony Chinchilla or Ebony Locken Chinchilla Locken is a german for curls..curly..
  10/24/2010 12:42:20 PM

• Midnight Blue Rex Chinchilla
  10/24/2010 3:22:32 PM

• Chinpaca St. Louis, MO. USA
  10/24/2010 4:37:30 PM

• The ebony-linked curly chinchillas should be called rex. This would make sense since rex is what curly furred mice and rats are called. If the angora/curly babies work out, they should be called texel because that''s what angora rex mice are called. Using the same name for the same phenotype would be very convenient because then people who know about rats and mice will understand a bit about chinchillas, too.
  10/24/2010 4:40:14 PM

• Reel Ebony
  10/24/2010 9:54:17 PM

• Ebony Curl ("color of animal" curl - for other colts with the coat mutation)
  10/24/2010 11:43:59 PM

• Royal Frizzy Coated I am from Finland
  10/25/2010 1:32:08 AM

• poco rizado (It means ''''little curly one'''' in Spanish, one of the languages of the people of the Andes Mountains, where chinchillas are indigenous.) USA
  10/25/2010 1:54:32 AM

• Black Diamond, Hong Kong
  10/25/2010 2:31:37 AM

• Ebony Curl, Hawaii
  10/25/2010 2:35:58 AM

• Frizzle - US
  10/25/2010 8:37:13 AM

• the bouclé mutation
  10/25/2010 11:19:24 AM

• Chinchapoo, because it looks like a chinchilla, with a poodles coat N.Y, USA
  10/25/2010 11:30:18 AM

• Wooly (USA)
  10/25/2010 1:20:08 PM

• Cocoa puff from the USA
  10/25/2010 7:33:25 PM

• Phoenix
  10/25/2010 9:13:06 PM

• The Permies Chinchillas (Permies--like in getting a permanent hair curl)
  10/25/2010 9:58:41 PM

• Portia
  10/26/2010 8:17:25 AM

• Wooly Ebony is my chosen name for mutation since it reminds me of a wooly Mammoth. I am from the Charleston, SC, USA.
  10/26/2010 8:23:03 AM

• Lockenchinchilla (as used in Germany!)
  10/26/2010 12:21:35 PM

• Curli-que, U.S
  10/26/2010 4:22:04 PM

• Squigles I am from America
  10/26/2010 5:39:44 PM

• Teddy Bear Chinchilla I''m from Taiwan
  10/27/2010 7:57:42 AM

• poodle Chinchilla I''m from Taiwan
  10/27/2010 7:58:54 AM

• Homo Maki or Hetero Maki United States
  10/27/2010 11:15:46 AM

• charo.... Short, sweet and to the point. greetings from pittsburgh, pa.
  10/27/2010 5:16:20 PM

• The Permies Chinchillas (Permies--like in getting a permanent hair curl)
  10/27/2010 10:55:50 PM

• Royal Persian Angora Poodle,Malaysia
  10/27/2010 10:57:54 PM

• ruffled rex curled. singapore
  10/28/2010 2:24:16 AM

• permed chinchilla (mutation)
  10/28/2010 2:47:55 AM

• Afro chinchilla (mutation)
  10/28/2010 2:50:13 AM

• Fortuna`s Chinchillas
  10/28/2010 11:06:29 AM

• Fortuna Curly Sheep
  10/28/2010 11:29:07 AM

• Rex Chinchilla Fur (RCF)
  10/28/2010 11:33:22 AM

• Fantastic Curly
  10/28/2010 11:34:28 AM

• el mentón rizo United States
  10/28/2010 12:23:43 PM

• could just call it the Rizo gene.... (Minnesota, USA)
  10/29/2010 9:06:44 PM

• They kind of look like what some people call teddy hamsters..so I think they should be called Teddy Bear Chins!
  11/3/2010 9:04:21 AM

• chinchilla rex
  11/4/2010 7:53:16 PM

• chinchilla rex
  11/4/2010 7:53:27 PM

• lockiges (German for "curly")
  11/5/2010 11:02:23 PM

• Poodle ebony; or Teddy ebony; China
  11/7/2010 2:14:05 AM

• Curly Veil; or Curly Velo (velo=spanish word for veil) from the United States
  11/7/2010 9:59:25 AM

• Curly Quties, Curchins United States
  11/9/2010 11:05:10 AM

• fraser mutation and i''m from canada
  11/10/2010 10:20:46 PM

• "SupperCrispyFried" USA
  11/12/2010 5:05:44 PM

• Plush-velvet Chinchilla
  11/12/2010 8:07:19 PM

• Plush-velvet Chinchilla Canada
  11/12/2010 8:07:47 PM

• velvet-Teddy Chinchilla Canada
  11/12/2010 8:13:44 PM

• velvet-Teddy Chinchilla Canada
  11/12/2010 8:14:00 PM

• Ebony Chinille Pouff, U.S.A.
  11/14/2010 9:49:35 PM

• Gipsy.From Russia with love.:)
  11/15/2010 8:07:26 AM

• Spiral, Malaysia
  11/15/2010 11:21:48 AM

• Spring-loaded Ebony USA
  11/15/2010 3:37:53 PM

• Black Ruffle USA
  11/15/2010 3:38:47 PM

• Black Twirl, Black Wave. Russia.
  11/16/2010 2:58:28 AM

• Black Lamb U.S.A.
  11/16/2010 9:51:49 PM

• Perm chinchilla USA
  11/17/2010 9:15:22 AM

• Crispian U.S.A.
  11/17/2010 10:25:02 PM

• The Curly Chinchilla, recently there has been a new horse breed confirmed simply called the curly horse. keep it simple. Sara UK
  11/18/2010 4:03:11 PM

• Corkscrew Ebony
  11/18/2010 9:51:15 PM

• The RT Curl - Conjoining the initials of the breeders'' last names, since they started the gene pool. USA
  11/22/2010 2:35:30 PM

• Ebony Rex (ER) - From France
  11/23/2010 3:37:48 AM

• name: Teddy country: USA
  11/24/2010 5:33:12 AM

• German-Diamond-Chinchilla i come from Germany
  11/24/2010 3:29:04 PM

• "CHURLY" - U. S. A.
  11/24/2010 5:19:43 PM

• American Curl
  11/27/2010 11:45:48 PM

• Black velvet curly
  11/28/2010 11:34:03 AM

• I would call this mutation the duster mutation. These chinchillas look like little dust busters. They are adorable! USA-Mississippi
  11/28/2010 6:35:07 PM

• Lockiger Schwarz Chinchillas: German for "curly black"
  11/28/2010 7:00:31 PM

• Lockiges Ebenholz chinchillas: german for curly ebony
  11/28/2010 7:03:35 PM

• Sakrison Curly Charcoal
  11/29/2010 7:17:23 AM

• ebony crimp
  11/30/2010 1:12:02 PM

• REX! we do have rex rabbits, rex cats, rex rats and rex guinea pig I''m from Norway, Bergen
  12/1/2010 11:20:28 AM

• Furby Fro ~ United States
  12/1/2010 3:32:53 PM

• I don''t see mine on the list, but i think it should be called the Rizo gene..... Minnesota, USA
  12/2/2010 2:58:54 PM

• cirrus mutation(curly clouds...latin), USA
  12/4/2010 4:57:15 PM

• ChinChurly -US
  12/5/2010 12:29:53 PM

• Swirly Curly
  12/5/2010 12:34:32 PM

• ChurlyChilla, or ChinCurla
  12/5/2010 12:36:24 PM

• REX - In Europe we use this name, don''t need another name for the same mutation. :) I''m writing from Hungary.
  12/7/2010 3:24:00 AM

• I think that the new curly coated chin could be called the "German Curl", or a name that relates to where it origonally came from. I also like the idea that some stated about how it should be treated like a TOV, except a TOC. Ohio, USA
  12/14/2010 3:46:47 PM

• Curly Furby
  12/17/2010 3:33:20 PM
  
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