Sentences with phrase «of olingos»

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

Examining museum skins revealed that this new species was also smaller overall with a longer and denser coat; field records showed that it occurred in a unique area of the northern Andes Mountains at 5,000 to 9,000 feet above sea level — elevations much higher than the known species of olingo.

Not exact matches

Smithsonian researchers stumbled upon Bassaricyon neblina, also known as the «olinguito,» while riffling through museum specimens and old field notes in search of information about other members of the Bassaricyon genus — commonly known as olingos.

Unexpectedly, the team's close examination of more than 95 percent of the world's olingo specimens in museums, along with DNA testing and the review of historic field data, revealed existence of the olinguito, a previously undescribed species.

It is actually the latest scientifically documented member of the family Procyonidae, which it shares with raccoons, coatis, kinkajous and olingos.