My Neighbor Totoro The scientific name is chinchilla, because it looks like the cartoon Totoro in the Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's movie My Neighbor Totoro, so it was renamed My Neighbor Totoro by Hong Kong people. Chinchillas are native to the Andes Mountains of South America, where they live in caves and rock crevices at an altitude of 1,600 feet. The local weather is dry and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. Chinchillas usually rely on some tropical plants (such as bark, roots, cacti) to survive, so their vitality is extremely strong, and it is also very suitable for the Chinese environment.