There are hundreds of combinations when it comes to Chinchilla Genetics, Here we will show you some of those Mutations.
First the original chinchilla, The Standard Grey. " Std. "
Light Standard. Photo credit Tiffany Whitlow
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Medium / Dark Standard. Aces Up Chinchillas
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Dark Standard. Mark Miller Chinchillas
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The Standard Grey chinchilla is one of the most common pet chinchillas. They're sold wholesale to petstores all around the globe. They're also the most common to be found in any reputable breeding program. Standards are always going to be needed in the breeding world. The standard coat is generally Grey on the face, and back, fading down the sides. Then they have a crisp white belly underneath. Any color besides this is a mutation.
Beige
Hetero Beige. Aces Up Chinchillas
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Homo Beige. Chinchilla Chateau
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Beige Chinchillas come in 2 forms. They exist as Homozygous or Heterozygous. The Homo beige is lighter in color, and have bright red eyes. The Hetero beige tends to be darker with deep ruby eyes. Both beiges have pink ears and can develop freckles on the ears , paws, and nose. Both Hetero and Homo beige have crisp white bellies.
Tan " Beige Wrap "
Light tan, Photo credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Photo Credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Extra dark tan, Photo credit Cathrine Alexandra Puseliten
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Photo credit Brenda Lea
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Chocolate
Photo credit Sunset Chinchillas
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photo credit Sunset Chinchillas
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Photo credit Sunset Chinchillas
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Sunset Chinchillas - " Chocolate has no gradients or change in color. It is solid 100% same shade of brown everywhere (on the exterior). Dark tans will have a light bib or a light gradient 'skirt' around the sides, eyes, face, etc. ..Depends on the lines. Mine have light, some have dark. I've found the dark underfurred ones tend to oxidize more quickly. However, you can have a regular hetero beige with no ebony have chocolate underfur, it is all in the breeding. Chocolate is no barring. Extra dark can have slight variations on the barring.
Brown Velvet / TOV Beige "BV "
Photo Credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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extra dark brown velvet, Photo Credit Steven Terry Downey
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Brown Velvet AKA ToV beige is a Beige crossed with a Black Velvet. They have deep ruby eyes and pink ears. Some have freckles on the nose, paws, and ears. They have a dark brown mask that extends across the back and down the side, the fades to a lighter brown and then a crisp white belly.
Ebony - "Eb"
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Med ebony, Gigi. Photo Credit Danielle W.
Note the grey across her body.
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Dark Ebony. Aces Up Chinchillas
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Extra Dark Ebony. Photo Credit Brenda L. Note the solid glossy black fur.
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Ebony chinchillas are black. Their bellies, ears ( grayish black ) , and eyes are black. Some look more smokey with grey on them. They come in 4 shades. Light ebony, Medium Ebony, Dark Ebony, and Extra dark ebony.
Gunning Black "Black Velvet" "BV"
Black Velvet. Aces Up Chinchillas
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Photo credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Joy - 3 months old.
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Black Velvets ( also known as TOV "Touch of Velvet" ) Have very beautiful strong fur. They are masked with a deep black, that extends down their back and sides, which fades to a medium grey and quickly into a crisp white belly. Their veiling takes time to come in, so sometimes they look like dark standards with black masks until their veiling comes in. _
Whites
Whites come in many forms, so bare with me while I try to remember them all.
Pink White - "PW"
Pink White photo Credit: Line Natasja Larsen
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Photo credit: Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Pink whites are white chinchillas who carry the beige gene. They have pink ears, red eyes, and mainly white fur. Some pink whites are pure white. Others have beige markings and freckles.
Tan White
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Tan White Chinchillas are the same as pink white chinchillas, but crossed with ebony. The ebony gene and the beige gene are both expressed at the same time giving the chinchilla Tan markings. Some Tan whites do not show their markings at all.
Mosaic
Ebony White Mosaic
" extreme mosaic "
Amber G.
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Lightly marked mosaic. Aces Up Chinchillas
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Grumpy
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A mosaic is basically any mutation crossed with a white. Most commonly when a white is bred to a standard. Mosaic patterns are random. There are special terms for common patterns.
- A chinchilla seen with white fur, grey ears, black eyes, and a grey tail with no markings or minimal markings is called a "Wilson White" in the USA. A "Wilson White" is any white chin in the UK.
- A Chinchilla that is heavily marked or marbled is called an "extreme mosaic" because the harsh contrast.
- A chinchilla seen with white fur, grey ears, black eyes, and a grey tail with no markings or minimal markings is called a "Wilson White" in the USA. A "Wilson White" is any white chin in the UK.
- A Chinchilla that is heavily marked or marbled is called an "extreme mosaic" because the harsh contrast.
TOV White
Photo Credit Angela Abbotts
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Photo Credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Photo Credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Fading White
Lowe Recessive White "LRW" " Gold Bar"
Violet
Photo credit Angela Abbotts
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Photo Credit Dee Bunk-Hatch
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Violet, Cameron Holmes ( UK )
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"Range from a powder blue to slate grey with sharp belly line and should have bright white belly" - Cameron Holmes
Violet Wrap
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Sapphire
Photo Credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Photo Credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Photo Credit Tiffany's Chinchillas
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Sapphire Wrap
Blue Diamond - "BD"
Photo Credit East tennessee Chinchillas
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Photo credit :
Line Natasja Larsen
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"Locken" Chinchillas - Curlies
Photo Credit ABC Chinchillas
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Photo Credit ABC Chinchillas
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Photo Credit ABC Chinchillas.
Locken Left - Normal sibling right
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Royal Persian Angora - "RPA"
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