Eastern lowland olingo

Eastern lowland olingo
Yambrasbamba, BongarĂ¡, Amazonas, Peru.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
Genus: Bassaricyon
Species:
B. alleni
Binomial name
Bassaricyon alleni
Thomas, 1880
Black points mark the range of B. alleni
Synonyms

Bassaricyon beddardi Pocock, 1921
Bassaricyon medius siccatus Thomas, 1927

The eastern lowland olingo (Bassaricyon alleni) is a species of olingo from South America, where it is known from the lowlands east of the Andes in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela. It is the only olingo species found east of the Andes. The Latin species name honors Joel Asaph Allen, the American zoologist who first described the genus Bassaricyon.

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