26 Chinchilla Pictures That Will Make You Smile
Updated: Apr. 15, 2021They kind of look like tinier cousins of bunnies. Prepare for chinchillas to skyrocket up your list of cutest animals ever!
Chinchill-awwwww
Besides “adorable balls of fluff,” what are chinchillas? Well, the name refers to two different species of rodents, Chinchilla chinchilla and Chinchilla lanigera. Native to South America, they have the densest fur of any land mammal—20,000 hairs per square centimeter, to be exact! Like an endearing combo of adorable bunnies, squirrels, and hamsters, chinchillas can totally steal your heart, which is why they’ve gained popularity as pets. Check out these super-cute chinchilla pictures to see more reasons why they’re the epitome of adorable! You’ll also love these cutest animals in the world and cute sloth pictures.
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Snack time
Pictures of chinchillas don’t get much more adorable than this little nibbling chinchilla.
Picture perfect
This chinchilla looks very stoic against its rocky backdrop.
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Playtime
This teacher and students are officially having the coolest lesson ever with this pair of chinchillas. The little house of blocks is just their size!
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Fluff frenzy
If ever a picture epitomized “ball of fluff,” it was this one.
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