Northern olingo
SpeciesMammals
A tree-dwelling Central American member of the raccoon family
1.25Uncommon
Uncommon
Northern olingo
- Mammals
The northern olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii) is a tree-dwelling member of the raccoon family, Procyonidae, native to Central America. It is also called the bushy-tailed olingo or simply the olingo. It was the first olingo species to be scientifically described. Its specific name honors William More Gabb, who found and collected the first specimen known to Western science.
- Scientific name
- Bassaricyon gabbii
- Family
- Procyonidae
- Native range
- Central America
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Northern olingo (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q918089
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Jeremy Gatten. CC BY-SA 2.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsJeremy Gatten, FlickrModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
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