Tags: Arachnid.

The Rose Hair Tarantula (Grammostola rosea) also known in the United States as the Chilean rose tarantula Chilean flame tarantula Chilean fire tarantula or the Chilean red-haired tarantula (depending on the colormorph) is probably the most common species of tarantula available in American and European pet stores today due to the large number of wild-caught specimens exported cheaply from their native Chile into the pet trade. The species is also known from Bolivia and Argentina.G.

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binomial authority
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
class
Arachnid
family
Tarantula
genus
Grammostola
kingdom
Animal
order
Spider, Mygalomorphae
phylum
Arthropod
synonym
Citharoscelus kochii, Citharoscelus spatulatus, Eurypelma rosea, Eurypelma spatulatum, Grammostola argentinense, Grammostola argentinensis, Grammostola cala, Grammostola spathulata, Grammostola spatulata, Lasiodora rosea, Mygale rosea, Mygale rubiginosa

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