White-tailed olalla rat

White-tailed olalla rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Echimyidae
Subfamily:Echimyinae
Tribe:Echimyini
Genus:Olallamys
Species: O. albicauda
Binomial name
Olallamys albicauda
(Günther, 1879)

The white-tailed olalla rat (Olallamys albicauda) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[2]

It is a medium-sized rat with a reddish-brown dorsum, a whitish venter, and a tail characterized by a whitish tip.[3]

It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ↑ Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). "Olallamys albicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.


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