CHINCHILLA

HABITAT

• They are native to the Andes mountains in South America, live in colonies called "herds", and at high elevations up to 4,270 m (14,000 ft).
• The abiotic factors are air, volcanic ash, and water.

NICHE

• Often kept as pets, chinchillas are also prized for their luxuriously soft fur and were nearly driven to extinction because of the demand.

POPULATIONS

• Chinchillas live in all the groups cause when they mate they go in a group and when they don't mate they ether live by themself's or in a group of the same gender.
• Chinchillas are the prey of large birds, Wildcats, and snakes.

ENERGY

• A chinchilla is a primary consumer.
• Bark, grasses, herbs, seeds, flowers, leaves.

BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

• One of a chinchillas prey is birds.
• There is not really any animals that fight the chinchilla for food.
• They way chinchillas hide from prey are get away is hiding in trees and staying high. They also hide in between rocks.

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ADAPTATIONS

• Their coat color helps them when they are hiding from prey. They stay in herds of same gender so they have smaller chance of getting eaten. Their big ears help them to hear their prey.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Livescience.com
• Prezi.com
• Gelenoakzoo.org
• A-z-animals.com
• Wikipedia.org