u can refer to this link for a bit history of the chinchillas
http://moggycat13.tripod.com/id47.html
http://www.catworld.co.uk/articleca...RTID=1149&pre=1

i love looking at chinchillas too but i'm quite confused. there's chinchilla persian (breed 10) and there's chinchilla longhairs (breed 99). before this what i know is only silver chinchilla and golden chinchilla. but looking though lots of pictures, it seems like chinchilla longhairs are more ethereal looking than chinchilla persian. chinchilla longhairs can be said as made in south africa

local breeders? any clarification?