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does anyone know of any chinchilla designs? if you don't, can someone please design one? i need it for my friend's birthday, so i would like to find a cp or diagrams by july 10th or so, her birthday party is the 26th. thanks in advance!

I couldn't find a chinchilla, but maybe you tweak Joisel rat model or maybe the guinea pig by chad kileen? Or maybe you can find a squirrel model that can be modified, or a rabbit? Kangaroo might even work as well. Anything with a short snout, big ears and tail could work. Getting the fat body might be hard.

Apart from the tail (that can be shaped differently), I think that Vladimir Serov's "Siberian jerboa" looks a lot like a Chinchilla: http://vs-origami.narod.ru/diag.en.htm

Check the Gerboise in Lionel Alberitno's Safari Origami (its available as a free download at origami-shop.com, I think) The fore legs are a bit short but with some minor adjustments it could pass for a chinchilla

Hehe. I folded the gerbal by lionel last night after reading this topic.

I once tried my hand at designing a chinchilla. It didn't work out too well, but with any luck I can finish it up and post a CP.

Thanks for the suggestions guys! i took anna's suggestion, as it seemed to be the easiest to modify. i will post a picture of my final result soon!

here it is! http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyle2952/9260737383/

Cute! Well done.

That turned out really nice!

thanks guys!

I am sure that noone will answer "butterfly" when you will ask "what is it", but recognize it as a chinchilla should be very difficult. But it will be easier for people who loves chinchilla and has five at home

Anyway, it is a general qestion, how to differ similar kinds of animals: hamster vs. guinea pig, rabbit vs. hare, locust (no grasshopper) vs. cicada, dog vs. volf, lionless vs. leopard etc. Do you know other similar animals which is difficult to differ one from the other?

Hey andrej. You should search for the "animals that haven't been done... yet" topic. There was a similar discusion, on how you can get the charateristics of an animal, even with species that have little difference.

Btw there are some difference species you mention. Rabbit and hares have different tails, proportions are slighly different etc.

You are right! Of cource that rabbit and hare are different, they have SLIGHTLY different proportions etc. But it is enough to differ they on the first look? Hardly. You need to express something else. Typical pose or something else, slightly different proportion is not enough.