Eastern lowland olingo explained

The eastern lowland olingo (Bassaricyon alleni) is a species of olingo from South America, where it is known from the lowlands east of the Andes in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela.[1] It is the only olingo species found east of the Andes.[2] The Latin species name honors Joel Asaph Allen, the American zoologist who first described the genus Bassaricyon.[3]

Description

The eastern lowland olingo is smaller than the northern olingo, but larger than the recently described olinguito ("little olingo"), the most montane member of the genus.[2] It is larger than the western lowland olingo subspecies B. medius medius from west of the Andes, but about the same size as the B. m. orinomus subspecies from eastern Panama.[2] The pelage is slightly darker than the western species.[2]

It has a head-body length of 30to, with a tail length of 40to.[2] It weighs 1.1to.[2]

Taxonomy

The closest relative of the eastern lowland olingo is the western lowland species, B. medius, from which it diverged about 1.3 million years ago.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?searchName=Bassaricyon+alleni Bassaricyon alleni - Allen's Olingo
  2. Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito . Helgen . K. M. . Pinto . M. . Kays . R. . Helgen . L. . Tsuchiya . M. . Quinn . A. . Wilson . D. . Maldonado . J.. ZooKeys. 324. 2013-08-15. 1–83. 10.3897/zookeys.324.5827 . 24003317 . 3760134. free . 2013ZooK..324....1H .
  3. Book: Beolens, B. . Watkins, M. . Grayson, M. . The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals . . 2009-09-28 . 8 . 978-0801893049. 270129903.