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White-tailed olalla rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Olallamys
Species:	O. albicauda
Binomial name
Olallamys albicauda (Günther, 1879)

The white-tailed olalla rat (Olallamys albicauda) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is endemic to Colombia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It is a medium-sized rat with a reddish-brown dorsum, a whitish venter, and a tail characterized by a whitish tip.

References

1. Delgado, C. (2016). "Olallamys albicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15189A22206388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15189A22206388.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Species Olallamys albicauda". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E.; Velazco, Paúl M.; Latorre, Luisa F. Liévano; Torres-Martínez, María M. (2017-05-05). "Olallamys albicaudus (Rodentia: Echimyidae)". Mammalian Species. 49 (943): 18–22. doi:10.1093/mspecies/sex002. ISSN 0076-3519.

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• Mammals described in 1879
• Taxa named by Albert Günther
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