Greedy Olalla Rat

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Greedy Olalla Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Olallamys
Species: O. edax
Binomial name
Olallamys edax
(Thomas, 1916)

The Greedy Olalla Rat (Olallamys edax) is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

  • Contreras, L. 1996. Olallamys edax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
  • Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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