Olallamys albicauda

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	ECHIMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Olallamys albicauda

Species Authority:

(Günther, 1879)

Common Name/s:

English

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White-tailed Olalla Rat

Synonym/s:

Thrinacodus albicauda Günther, 1879

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
This species is listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of information on its distribution, status and ecological requirements.

History:

1996

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Lower Risk/near threatened

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in northwest Colombia; it is patchily distributed in northern part of the Central Cordillera and central part of the Eastern Cordillera (Eisenberg 1989; Woods and Kilpatrick 2005); it has an altitudinal range of 2,800 to 3,200 m asl (Delgado and Zurc 2005).
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	The population status of this species is unknown (C. Delgado pers. comm.). It is difficult to capture during surveys due to the impenetrable habitat (R.P. Anderson pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs in bamboo forest and occasionally in high montane forest (C. Delgado pers. comm.). It was found in the diet of the crab eating fox (Delgado, 2002).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat to this species is deforestation within its known localized distribution (C. Delgado pers. comm.).

Major Threat(s):

The major threat to this species is deforestation within its known localized distribution (C. Delgado pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in two small private reserves; it is likely to occur in Chingaza National Park (C. Delgado pers. comm.). Further studies into the distribution, habitat, ecology and threats to this species are needed.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in two small private reserves; it is likely to occur in Chingaza National Park (C. Delgado pers. comm.). Further studies into the distribution, habitat, ecology and threats to this species are needed.

Bibliography [top]

	Delgado-V., C. A. 2002. Food habits and habitat of the Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous in the highlands of eastern Antioquia Dept., Cordillera Central, Colombia. Mammalia 66(4): 603-605. Delgado-V., C. A. and Zurc, D. 2005. New records of Olallamys albicauda (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in Antioquia, Colombia. Brenesia 63-64: 131-132. Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Northern Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA and London, UK. Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Delgado-V., C. A. 2002. Food habits and habitat of the Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous in the highlands of eastern Antioquia Dept., Cordillera Central, Colombia. Mammalia 66(4): 603-605.

Delgado-V., C. A. and Zurc, D. 2005. New records of Olallamys albicauda (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in Antioquia, Colombia. Brenesia 63-64: 131-132.

Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Northern Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA and London, UK.

Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Delgado, C. & Gómez-Laverde, M. 2008. Olallamys albicauda. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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