Olallamys albicaudus (Rodentia: Echimyidae)

Olallamys albicaudus (Günther, 1879) is a rodent called the white-tailed Olalla rat. It is a medium-sized rat with soft, long pelage and a tail with a whitish tip. The dorsum is bright reddish-brown, and the venter is whitish. It is endemic to the Andes region of Colombia and despite its wide distri...

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Published inMammalian species Vol. 49; no. 943; pp. 18 - 22
Main Authors Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E, Velazco, Paúl M, Latorre, Luisa F. Liévano, Torres-Martínez, María M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published US American Society of Mammalogists 01.05.2017
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Andes
arboreal rodent
Colombia
endemic rodent
Nature conservation
Neotropics
Olallamys
Pelage
Rodentia
Colombia
Colombia
Andes
Neotropics
endemic rodent
arboreal rodent
Rodentia
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Summary:Olallamys albicaudus (Günther, 1879) is a rodent called the white-tailed Olalla rat. It is a medium-sized rat with soft, long pelage and a tail with a whitish tip. The dorsum is bright reddish-brown, and the venter is whitish. It is endemic to the Andes region of Colombia and despite its wide distribution in the country, O. albicaudus is known from only a few museum specimens associated with 12 confirmed localities within Colombia. Globally, it is considered “Data Deficient” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
ISSN:0076-3519
1545-1410
1545-1410
DOI:10.1093/mspecies/sex002