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The two living species of chinchilla are Chinchilla chinchilla[1][2] (formerly known as Chinchilla brevicaudata) and Chinchilla lanigera.[9] C. chinchilla has a shorter tail, a thicker neck and shoulders, and shorter ears than C. lanigera. The former species is currently facing extinction; the latter, though rare, can be found in the wild.[10] Domesticated chinchillas are thought to be of the C. lanigera species.[11]

Both species of chinchilla are currently listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to a severe population loss approximated at a 90% global population loss over the last 15 years.[1] The severe population decline has been caused by chinchilla hunting by humans. Until 1996, they were listed as Indeterminate on the IUCN Red List. In 2006, the long-tailed subspecies was listed as "Vulnerable" while the short-tailed subspecies was listed as "Critically Endangered". By 2008, both were listed as "Critically Endangered", and in 2016 they were reclassified as "Endangered" due to limited recovery in some areas.[15][16]

Roach, N. & Kennerley, R. (2016). "Chinchilla chinchilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4651A22191157. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4651A22191157.en.
Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538–1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

I was under the impression that c. Chinchilla was the older name and c. brevicaudata was the new name. Sorry for my idiotic misunderstanding. -1 point for that one plant boi, +1 point to twitcher.

Now please answer question four.
I posted it on pg.1

That old question was too hard, here’s an easier one. What is drosera x hybrida a hybrid of? An bonus point if you can name where it was first found

ilovedrosera wrote:That old question was too hard, here’s an easier one. What is drosera x hybrida a hybrid of? An bonus point if you can name where it was first found

D. filiformis x intermedia. Found in New Jersey Pine Barrens

KStap18 gets two points (one bonus point)

Question number 5: what two species of nepenthes have pitchers that open on the side, instead of the top?

aristoiochoides and klossii

1 point to twitcher!

Question number 6: name the largest tuberous drosera

Drosera gigantea

Twitcher getting his fourth point of the giveaway!

Question 7 worth 3 points: who discovered nepenthes Attenboroughii

ilovedrosera wrote:Question 7 worth 3 points: who discovered nepenthes Attenboroughii

Stewart McPherson, Alastair Robinson, and Volker Heinrich

KStap18’s now tied with twitcher at four points.