The females can weigh up to 2 pounds. The males can weigh only up to one and a half pounds. The chinchilla eats seeds, nuts, leaves, grasses and any other available plant material in the wild. Here at the Buffalo Zoo its diet includes, guinea pig pellets, rodent chow, fruits, vegetables and a vitamin supplement. The chinchilla is a nocturnal animal which means that it is most active at night.
All chinchillas respond to excitement easily.
In our zoo we have 5 Common Marmosets. He is two years old and we paired him up with a female. The Common Marmoset's scientific name is Callithrix jacchos. They are primates and tree gougers. They live in tropical rain forests in Central and South America.