olinguito
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish olinguito, diminutive of olingo.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊlɪŋˈɡitoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊlɪŋˈɡiːtəʊ/
Noun edit
olinguito (plural olinguitos)
- Bassaricyon neblina, a raccoon-like procyonid native to the Andean forests of Colombia and Ecuador.
- 2013 August 15, “Smithsonian scientists discover new carnivore: the olinguito”, in Smithsonian Science:
- “The discovery of the olinguito shows us that the world is not yet completely explored, its most basic secrets not yet revealed.”
- 2013, Christine Dell'Amore, “New Carnivore Revealed: Photos of the Olinguito and its Kin”, in National Geographic:
- A fuzzy fog-dweller with a face like a teddy bear, the olinguito (pictured) is the first carnivore discovered in the Western Hemisphere in more than three decades, a new study says.
- 2014 August 19, Jeffrey Brown, “'Crowd-sourced' Science Sheds New Light on New Mammal Olinguito”, in PBS Newshour:
- In the year since the announcement, the olinguito has gone from literal unknown to being surprisingly well-documented through photos and videos shot by amateur naturalists, bird watchers, and others, a kind of crowd-sourced science.
- 2014 September 1, Andrew Theitic, The Witches' Almanac[1], number 34, Spring 2015-Spring 2016:
- First, a brand new species of mammal, considered the holy grail of the discipline, was found hiding in plain sight: the olinguito, smallest member of the raccoon family, has been around for decades, but was mistaken for its more substantial cousin, the olingo.
- 2015, Josh Hestermann, Bethanie Hestermann, Zoology for Kids: Understanding and Working with Animals, with 21 Activities, page 96:
- The olinguito, one of science's recently discovered species, is part of the same family as raccoons, coatis, and kinkajous.
- 2018, Tamra B. Orr, Animal Discoveries, page 12:
- The olinguito was found in the Andes Mountains by Smithsonian scientists in 2013.
Translations edit
mammal
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References edit
- Kristofer M. Helgen, C. Miguel Pinto, Roland Kays, Lauren E. Helgen, Mirian T. N. Tsuchiya, Aleta Quinn, Don E. Wilson, Jesus E. Maldonado, Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito, PenSoft Publishers Ltd, Aug 15, 2013
Further reading edit
olinguito on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bassaricyon neblina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Bassaricyon neblina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /olinˈɡito/ [o.lĩŋˈɡi.t̪o]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: o‧lin‧gui‧to
Noun edit
olinguito m (plural olinguitos)
Descendants edit
- → English: olinguito