| Western lowland olingo | |
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| Sitting on a branch | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Procyonidae |
| Genus: | Bassaricyon |
| Species: | B. medius |
| Binomial name | |
| Bassaricyon medius Thomas, 1909 | |
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| Distribution of the western lowland olingo | |
| Synonyms | |
Bassariscyon gabbi orinomusGoldman, 1912 | |
Thewestern lowland olingo (Bassaricyon medius) is a species ofolingo fromCentral andSouth America, where it is known fromPanama and fromColombia andEcuador west of theAndes.[2]
The western lowland olingo is smaller than thenorthern olingo, but larger than the most montane member of the genus, the recently describedolinguito ("little olingo").[2] While the Panamanian subspeciesB. m. orinomus is about the same size as theeastern lowland olingo, the subspecies from west of the Andes,B. m. medius is smaller.[2] The pelage is slightly lighter than that of the eastern species.[2]
It has a head-body length of 31 to 41 centimetres (12 to 16 in), with a tail length of 35 to 52 centimetres (14 to 20 in).[2] It weighs .9 to 1.2 kilograms (2.0 to 2.6 lb).[2]
There are two subspecies of the western lowland olingo: thenominateB. m. medius (Colombia and Ecuador) andB. m. orinomus (Panama and possibly Colombia).[2] The closest relative of the western lowland olingo is the other lowland olingo species,B. alleni, found east of the Andes, from which it diverged about 1.3 million years ago.[2]
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