The greedy olalla rat (''Olallamys edax'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Echimyidae. It is found in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
and
Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The species name ''
edax'' is a
Latin word meaning ''greedy''.
References
Olallamys
Mammals of Colombia
Mammals of Venezuela
Mammals described in 1916
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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