White-tailed olalla rat
| White-tailed olalla rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Echimyinae |
| Tribe: | Echimyini |
| Genus: | Olallamys |
| Species: | O. albicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Olallamys albicauda (Günther, 1879)
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The white-tailed olalla rat (Olallamys albicauda) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[2] It is endemic to Colombia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is a medium-sized rat with a reddish-brown dorsum, a whitish venter, and a tail characterized by a whitish tip.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Delgado, C. (2016). "Olallamys albicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15189A22206388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15189A22206388.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Olallamys albicauda". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E.; Velazco, Paúl M.; Latorre, Luisa F. Liévano; Torres-Martínez, María M. (2017-05-05). "Olallamys albicaudus (Rodentia: Echimyidae)". Mammalian Species. 49 (943): 18–22. doi:10.1093/mspecies/sex002. ISSN 0076-3519.