Olinguito vs Olingo - What's the difference?
olinguito | olingo | Derived terms |
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", Smithsonian Science
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* 2014', August 19, Jeffrey Brown, "'Crowd-sourced' Science Sheds New Light on New Mammal '''Olinguito ", ''PBS Newshour [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/crowd-sourced-science-sheds-new-light-new-mammal-olinguito/]
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A small procyonid resembling the kinkajou, native to the rainforests of Central and South America.
Olingo is a derived term of olinguito.
As nouns the difference between olinguito and olingo
is that olinguito is Bassaricyon neblina, a raccoon-like procyonid native to the Andean forests of Colombia and Ecuador while olingo is a small procyonid resembling the kinkajou, native to the rainforests of Central and South America.olinguito
English
Noun
(en noun)- “The discovery of the olinguito shows us that the world is not yet completely explored, its most basic secrets not yet revealed.”
New Carnivore Revealed: Photos of the Olinguito and its Kin", 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.
- 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.