The chinchilla, and its near relative the viscacha, are two little animals of the rodent, or grass-eating kind, that inhabit the very highest mountains of Peru and Chili.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
The fur of the viscacha is not so pretty, being of a brownish and white mixture.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
In their place is the equally destructive viscacha or prairie dog-a much larger animal, probably three or four times the size, having very low, broad head, little ears, and thick, bristling whiskers.
"Through Five Republics on Horseback"
G. Whitfield Ray