Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito
Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito

Author: Kristofer M. Helgen

Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 9546426954

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This paper presents the first comprehensive taxonomic revision of the olingos, Bassaricyon, based on most available museum specimens, with data derived from anatomy, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, fieldwork, and geographic range modeling. Olingos are forest-living, arboreal, nocturnal, frugivorous, and solitary, and have one young at a time. Four olingo species can be recognized, including a Central American species (B. gabbii) and lowland species with eastern, cis-Andean (B. alleni) and western, trans-Andean (B. medius) distributions. Surprisingly, the sister lineage to all previously described species of Bassaricyon is an Andean cloud forest species, which we call the Olinguito, that has never been previously described. Bassaricyon neblina sp. n., en-demic to Colombia and Ecuador, is the smallest living member of the family Procyonidae and the first new species of Carnivora named in the American continents in 35 years. We describe four subspecies of Olinguito across the Northern Andes.

Bones, Clones, and Biomes
Bones, Clones, and Biomes

Author: Bruce D. Patterson

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 0226649199

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"Bones, clones and biomes offers an exploration of the development and relationships of the modern mammal fauna through a series of studies that encompass the last 100 million years and all of Latin America and the Carribean." -- Inside dust jacket.

The Quintessential Naturalist
The Quintessential Naturalist

Author: Douglas A. Kelt

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2007-07-31

Total Pages: 1000

ISBN-13: 9780520098596

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Oliver P. Pearson’s studies on mammalian biology remain standard reading for ecologists, physiologists, taxonomists, and biogeographers. Reflecting this, the papers gathered here continue to expand our understanding of the ecology and evolution of subterranean mammals, and of ecology, taxonomy, and biogeography of Neotropical mammals, a group that was central to the latter half of Pearson’s career.

Mammalian Biology in South America
Mammalian Biology in South America

Author: Michael A. Mares

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13:

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This volume is intended not only to review much of the research that has been done on South American mammals, but to stimulate future research on the continent.