Raccoons

Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic

Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador

Raten laveur. Procyon lotor

Keri Drive, Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee, US

Figure 13.The Olinguito, Bassaricyon neblina neblina, in life, in the wild. Taken at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador (for mammalogical background of Tandayapa, see Lee et al. 2006). Photograph by Mark Gurney.

Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador

Keri Drive, Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee, US

Figure 9.Morphometric distinction between Olinguito subspecies. Both sexes combined. Morphometric dispersion (first two components of a principal component analysis) of 17 adultskulls based on 13 cranial measurements (see Appendix 1, Table A4). (Dental measurements also discretely partition these subspecies in a separate principal component analysis, not shown.) Black dots = Bassaricyon neblina neblina; gray triangles = Bassaricyon neblina osborni; red diamonds = Bassaricyon neblina ruber; blue squares = Bassaricyon neblina hershkovitzi.

Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina)This female Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) from Colombia lived at the Louisville Zoological Park and the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States during 1967-1974, but was not recognized as representing an unknown species for several more decades.

Keri Drive, Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee, US

Figure 10.Skulls of Olinguito subspecies. From left to right: Bassaricyon neblina neblina (AMNH 66753, holotype, old adult female, Las Maquinas, Ecuador); Bassaricyon neblina osborni (FMNH 88476, holotype, adult male, Munchique, 2000 m, Cauca Department, Colombia); Bassaricyon neblina hershkovitzi (FMNH 70724, paratype, adult male, San Antonio, Agustin, Huila District, Colombia); Bassaricyon neblina ruber (FMNH 70723, paratype, adult male, Guapantal, 2200 m, Urrao, Antioquia Department, Colombia). Scale bar = 50 mm.

Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador

Keri Drive, Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee, US

Figure 16.Distributions (localities) of the four Olinguito subspecies in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.

Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina)This female Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) from Colombia lived at the Louisville Zoological Park and the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States during 1967-1974, but was not recognized as representing an unknown species for several more decades.

Figure 3.Illustrations of the species of Bassaricyon. From top to bottom, Bassaricyon neblina sp. n. (Bassaricyon neblina ruber subsp. n. of the western slopes of the Western Andes of Colombia), Bassaricyon medius (Bassaricyon medius orinomus of eastern Panama), Bassaricyon alleni (Peru), and Bassaricyon gabbii (Costa Rica, showing relative tail length longer than average). Artwork by Nancy Halliday.

Predicted distribution of the Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina)The Olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) is so far known only from cloud forest habitats in Colombia and Ecuador, but future investigations might show that it occurs in similar habitats in other South American countries.

Figure 7.Morphometric distinction between Olinguitos and other Bassaricyon, females. Morphometric dispersion (first two components of a principal component analysis) of 55 adult female Bassaricyon skulls based on 24 craniodental measurements (see Appendix 1, Table A2). The most notable morphometric distinction is between the Olinguito (blue circles) and all other Bassaricyon taxa. The plot also demonstrates substantial morphometric variability across geographic populations of the Olinguito, which we characterize with the description of four subspecies across different Andean regions. Symbols: blue circles (Bassaricyon neblina), green squares (Bassaricyon gabbii), yellow triangles (Bassaricyon alleni), orange diamonds (Bassaricyon medius medius), red diamonds (Bassaricyon medius orinomus).

Figure 11 from Helgen et al. (2013). Predicted potential ranges of Bassaricyon species.

Figure 11.Bioclimatic distribution models and localities for Bassaricyon species. Models from MAXENT using all vouchered occurrence records, 19 bioclimatic variables, and one potential habitat variable.

The four species of olingos (Bassaricyon) recognized by Helgen et al. (2013)Figure 3 from Helgen et al. (2013). Illustrations of the species of Bassaricyon. From top to bottom, Bassaricyon neblina n. sp. (B. n. ruber n. subsp. of the western slopes of the Western Andes of Colombia), Bassaricyon medius (B. m. orinomus of eastern Panama), B. alleni (Peru), and B. gabbii (Costa Rica).

Figure 12.Predicted distribution for Bassaricyon species based on bioclimatic models. To create these binary maps we used the average minimum training presence for 10 test models as our cutoff. In addition, we excluded areas of high probability that were outside of the known range of the species if they were separated by unsuitable habitat.

Figure 9.Morphometric distinction between Olinguito subspecies. Both sexes combined. Morphometric dispersion (first two components of a principal component analysis) of 17 adultskulls based on 13 cranial measurements (see Appendix 1, Table A4). (Dental measurements also discretely partition these subspecies in a separate principal component analysis, not shown.) Black dots = Bassaricyon neblina neblina; gray triangles = Bassaricyon neblina osborni; red diamonds = Bassaricyon neblina ruber; blue squares = Bassaricyon neblina hershkovitzi.

Figure 10.Skulls of Olinguito subspecies. From left to right: Bassaricyon neblina neblina (AMNH 66753, holotype, old adult female, Las Maquinas, Ecuador); Bassaricyon neblina osborni (FMNH 88476, holotype, adult male, Munchique, 2000 m, Cauca Department, Colombia); Bassaricyon neblina hershkovitzi (FMNH 70724, paratype, adult male, San Antonio, Agustin, Huila District, Colombia); Bassaricyon neblina ruber (FMNH 70723, paratype, adult male, Guapantal, 2200 m, Urrao, Antioquia Department, Colombia). Scale bar = 50 mm.