Diskussion:Reserva Nacional Las Chinchillas
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LAS CHINCHILLAS NATIONAL RESERVE IN CHILE
"Reserva Nacional Las Chinchillas, Chile: "since 1983, the only reservation which protects the Chilean chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) in the world has been dedicated to the preservation of this endangered species. The reservation is located 15 kilometers to the northeast of Illapel in the Choapa Valley. Some 6,000 chinchillas live here in this unique habitat below the leaves of the puyo cactus on rocky slopes. The presence of such special flora and fauna in various stages of recuperation has made the Chinchillas National Reservation an ideal place for study, investigation and environmental education, it is also supported by the World Wildlife Federation."
Quelle: http://www.chincare.com/HealthLifestyle/OriginsAndWild.htm
Origin and homeland
"Today, we knows exactly where all the wild chinchillas live. According to some information they are found in the Andes. Their territory stretched from Talca (in Chile) along the coast north to Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. Longtailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) living in the southern part of this vast territory, shorttailed chinchilla (Chinchilla brevicaudata) in the north; their territory is likely to be met in Potrerillos.
Currently are the last remnants of a population of Chinchilla vlnatých a relatively small area in Chinchilla National Reserve (Reserva Nacional Las Chinchillas) near the town of Auco in Choapa. The reserve area is 4.229 ha at an altitude of between 375 - 1.427 m above sea level. The average annual temperature is 15.5 ° C and annual rainfall is 215 mm. In April 2006 about 8,000 individuals were registered in the reservation.
In terms of regions inhabited by humans, chinchillas very unwelcoming, low average temperatures, constant winds and slight, mostly snowfalls. The soil here covers only a scant existing vegetation mainly of hard grasses and spiny shrubs whose leaves form a major part of the diet of chinchillas.
One of the studies, wild chinchillas, was aimed at fusing chinchilla. In other words, what a chinchilla on the menu during the year. The study was conducted in 1990, 1992, 1993, and followed previous study in 1979. It was selected 40 kinds of shrubs, grasses and cacti that grow in the book.
(Tabelle mit Pflanzen, siehe Nahrung der Wildchinchillas)
Source: A.Cortés, E. Miranda, JE Jimenéz: Seasonal food habits of the endangered Long-tailed chinchilla; Mammalian Biology 2002"
Quelle: Übersetzung von Google-Translator aus dem Tschechischen von http://www.cincila.eu/?page_id=207 (zur Zeit nicht mehr erreichbar)
