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Mathias Chapman Chinchilla Research
Part 1 Now Live

(pictured) A wild Chinchillidae blends in perfectly with its native environment in Chile

A rarity, just in time for Christmas
397 gram dwarf male chinchilla

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In this season we "fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation, and to restore it..., to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and union."

-Abraham Lincoln, Thanksgiving Proclamation 1963

Almost a century ago, Chapman Chinchilla drafted what is perhaps the first research study of the domestic chinchilla. This historic account will be published in four parts during the winter of 2024-2025.

'Angel'
Chinchillas.com Ambassador and Brytin Supermodel
Now in Japan!
See additional pictures on Chinchillas.com,
or visit her on X
 

Litter mate siblings out of National 1st Place Blue Diamond female, just listed for sale.

Learn more about Blue Diamond chinchillas.

Light softly stirs, betwixt and between,
A fell Hunter’s Moon and nigh Hallow’s Eve

Happy Halloween 2024 from Chinchillas.com
 

The chinchilla pictured above weighs an impressive 1023 grams – even more notable for a recessive color mutation male. However, his condition is reflective of both his genetic potential and optimal living conditions

Dr. Jackie Cheung of Hong Kong shares his experience with the Locken chinchilla!
Read A Perspective on Lockens

The first homozygous Royal Persian Angora out of 'Veruka' to leave US shores, and being #2/5
See her grow up in pictures

(pictured) Wrap-around violet Royal Persian Angora kit @ 1 mo.

Respect for Life - raised without collars or runs
 

Original PSK Recessive Dwarf Chinchilla
(above) Historic photo of the original PSK mutant - circa 1995
This F0 mutant, a male, was born in approx. 1990 in Tehachapi, CA
Read more about Dwarf and Mini chinchillas

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Look for a select group of chinchillas being listed in the Sales Gallery this August & September

Don't miss Pet Fair Asia 2024!
August 21-25 | Shanghai | Techlas booth E6N01
Brytin Professional Chinchilla Feed - Endorsed by Chinchillas.com

"In my 42 years of breeding chinchillas, I have never been as high on an animal as with the Violet."
-Lloyd Sullivan
Mr. X and the Violet Chinchilla, Part 3 Now Live

Seven years ago, the Royal Imperial Angora chinchilla made its debut on Chinchillas.com

Chinchilla Millennia was crafted by the accomplished New York miniature sculpture artist Barbara Scott-Fisher, to commemorate the Millennial year...

'More Love' in the Flesh
Beige ( royal persian angora carrier ) female kit
born July 7, 2024

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style;
in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

So on the night of October 5^th 1975, 31 chinchillas left Rhodesia in a load of poultry...

Mr. X and the Violet Chinchilla, Part 2 Now Live

After the 'Harvest Moon,' 'Eclipse'
The second Royal Persian Angora kit produced from this successful cross...

And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Type, substance, quality & pedigree; when there's no room for compromise
TOV Beige ( Royal Persian Angora carrier ) female chinchilla
996 grams at 9.5 months of age
 

Veruka is the Faerie-Queen,
Her children dance on wilding green;
A fleeting night mid-year will see;
Whence twisted oak her minstrel be -indir cr Shakespeare

New chinchillas being added to the Sales Gallery this summer
See additional pictures

Little Lion!
TOV Tan Royal Persian Angora kit at 3 months of age

Full siblings in Hong Kong and Japan...

Coming this Summer -
The long lost story of The Elusive Mr. X and the Violet Chinchilla
Exclusively on Chinchillas.com

In 2024 Lisa Paternoster, daughter of Robert Gunning, provided the following first hand account of her father’s contribution to the Black Velvet chinchilla...

Read about the classic TOV Violet Chinchilla

Grogu survives to one month of age!
see more pictures on X

See her only daughter, now at Royal Chinchilla Wisteria in Tokyo, ...

Are there true breeds of chinchillas?
Read the new article in Resources

(above) Tan Royal Persian Angora chinchilla

On April 5th, Chinchillas.com's popular 'Veruka' delivered four new kits. The smallest, 'Grogu' ...