Biology:White-tailed olalla rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
White-tailed olalla rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
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
- ↑ Delgado, C. (2016). "Olallamys albicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15189A22206388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15189A22206388.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15189/22206388. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Olallamys albicauda". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400420.
- ↑ Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E.; Velazco, Paúl M.; Latorre, Luisa F. Liévano; Torres-Martínez, María M. (2017-05-05). "Olallamys albicaudus (Rodentia: Echimyidae)" (in en). Mammalian Species 49 (943): 18–22. doi:10.1093/mspecies/sex002. ISSN 0076-3519.
Wikidata ☰ Q1769385 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed olalla rat.
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