White-tailed Olalla Rat
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| White-tailed Olalla Rat | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | Olallamys |
| Species: | O. albicauda |
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| Olallamys albicauda (Günther, 1879) |
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The White-tailed Olalla Rat (Olallamys albicauda) is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- ^ Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M. (2008). Olallamys albicauda. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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