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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito |
Author: | Helgen, K. Pinto, C. Kays, R. Helgen, L. Tsuchiya, M. Quinn, A. Wilson, D. Maldonado, J. |
Citation: | ZooKeys, 2013; 324(324):1-83 |
Publisher: | Pensoft Publishers |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 1313-2989 1313-2970 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kristofer M. Helgen, C. Miguel Pinto, Roland Kays, Lauren E. Helgen, Mirian T. N. Tsuchiya, Aleta Quinn, Don E. Wilson, Jesús E. Maldonado |
Abstract: | We present the first comprehensive taxonomic revision and review the biology of the olingos, the endemic Neotropical procyonid genus Bassaricyon, based on most specimens available in museums, and with data derived from anatomy, morphometrics, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, field observations, and geographic range modeling. Species of Bassaricyon are primarily forest-living, arboreal, nocturnal, frugivorous, and solitary, and have one young at a time. We demonstrate that four olingo species can be recognized, including a Central American species (Bassaricyon gabbii), lowland species with eastern, cis-Andean (Bassaricyon alleni) and western, trans-Andean (Bassaricyon medius) distributions, and a species endemic to cloud forests in the Andes. The oldest evolutionary divergence in the genus is between this last species, endemic to the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, and all other species, which occur in lower elevation habitats. Surprisingly, this Andean endemic species, which we call the Olinguito, has never been previously described; it represents a new species in the order Carnivora and is the smallest living member of the family Procyonidae. We report on the biology of this new species based on information from museum specimens, niche modeling, and fieldwork in western Ecuador, and describe four Olinguito subspecies based on morphological distinctions across different regions of the Northern Andes. |
Keywords: | Andes Bassaricyon biogeography Neotropics new species olingo Olinguito |
Description: | Published 15 August 2013 |
Rights: | Copyright K.M. Helgen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
DOI: | 10.3897/zookeys.324.5827 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.324.5827 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Earth and Environmental Sciences publications |
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