Here are some chinchilla facts 1  : The chinchillas are mammals, representing the Rodents group. 2  Their natural habitat is the South part of Latin America. 3  Chinchillas live in colonies of 100 and prefer mountains where they can easily find places to hide.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph.
1. a place for the burial of a corpse, esp beneath the ground and usually marked by a tombstone. 2. something resembling a grave or resting place: the ship went to its grave. 3. the grave a poetic term for death. 4. have one foot in the grave informal to be near death.