olinguito

English

Olinguito

Etymology

From Spanish olinguito, diminutive of olingo.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊlɪŋˈɡitoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊlɪŋˈɡiːtəʊ/

Noun

olinguito (plural olinguitos)

1. 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

mammal

• Armenian: օլինգիտո (ōlingito)
• Assamese: ওলিঙ্গোইটো (oliṅgoiṭō)
• Catalan: olinguito m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小型犬浣熊 (xiǎoxíng quǎnhuànxióng)

• Dutch: olinguito (nl)
• Esperanto: olingeto
• Finnish: olinguito
• French: olinguito (fr) m
• German: Anden-Makibär m
• Hebrew: אולינגיטו m
• Italian: olinguito m
• Japanese: オリンギト (oringito)
• Malayalam: ഒലിങ്യൂട്ടോ (oliṅyūṭṭō)
• Persian: اولینگیتو (olingito)
• Russian: олинги́то m (olingíto)
• Serbo-Croatian: олингито m
• Spanish: olinguito m
• Swedish: olinguito (sv) c
• Tamil: ஒலிங்கிட்டோ (oliṅkiṭṭō)
• Thai: โอลิงกีโต (ohlinggeedtoh)

References

• 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

• olinguito on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bassaricyon neblina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bassaricyon neblina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Spanish

Etymology

From olingo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /olinˈɡito/ [o.lĩŋˈɡi.t̪o]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: o‧lin‧gui‧to

Noun

olinguito m (plural olinguitos)

1. olinguito

Descendants

• → English: olinguito