Sentences with phrase «olingo species»

Helgen's team wanted to understand how many olingo species should be recognized and how these species are distributed — issues that had long been unclear to scientists.

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So many mammals — Geoffrey's Tamarin, numerous Two - toed and Three - toed Sloths, olingo, night monkeys, two opossum species...

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.

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.