The western lowland olingo (''Bassaricyon medius'') is a species of olingo from

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and

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, where it is known from

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and from

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and

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west of the

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Description

The western lowland olingo is smaller than the northern olingo, but larger than the most montane member of the genus, the recently described

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("little olingo"). While the Panamanian subspecies ''B. m. orinomus'' is about the same size as the

eastern lowland olingo 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.nominate Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to a public office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. A collection of nominees narrowed from the full list of candidates is a short list. Political office In the ...

''B. m. medius'' (Colombia and Ecuador) and ''B. m. orinomus'' (Panama and possibly Colombia). The closest relative of the western lowland olingo is the other lowland olingo species, '' B. alleni'', found east of the Andes, from which it diverged about 1.3 million years ago.

References

Procyonidae Carnivorans of South America Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Ecuador Carnivorans of Central America Mammals described in 1909 Least concern biota of South America Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{carnivora-stub