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Is a chinchilla a rodent or a marsupial?

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Is a chinchilla (small, crepuscular rodent native to the Andes mountains in South America) an instance of the class rodent (the order of mammals including mice and rats) or the class marsupial (mammals of which the females have a pouch containing the teats where the young are fed and carried)?
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Yes they are rodents. Their teeth continue to grow just as rats or mice. No they are mammalian and do not have pouches.
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Posted at 6:55 on August 24, 2011.
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