Olallamys

Olallamys is a genus of Andean soft-furred spiny rat that range from Panama through Colombia and Venezuela to northern Ecuador.[1] These species are typically found at elevations above 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).[2]

Olallamys Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
White-tailed olalla rat, Olallamys albicauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	Echimyinae
Tribe:	Echimyini
Genus:	Olallamys Emmons, 1988
Species
Olallamys albicauda Olallamys edax

Systematics

Olallamys is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Ecuadorian birds and mammals collector Carlos Olalla.[3]

The genus Olallamys contains two species:

• Olallamys albicauda (White-tailed olalla rat)
• Olallamys edax (Greedy olalla rat)

Phylogeny

Olallamys is a member of the Echimyini clade of arboreal Echimyidae rodents. The closest relative of Olallamys is Dactylomys, and then Kannabateomys. These South American bamboo rats share unique features and are grouped under the informal clade name of "Dactylomyines".[4] The dactylomyines are the sister genera to Diplomys and Santamartamys. All these taxa are closely related to the genera Echimys, Phyllomys, Makalata, Pattonomys, and Toromys. In turn, these genera share phylogenetic affinities with the clade containing Lonchothrix and Mesomys, and with Isothrix.[5]

Genus-level cladogram of the Echimyini.

root                                                         Echimys       Phyllomys         Makalata                   Pattonomys       Toromys   (Giant tree-rat)           "Dactylomyines"                 Dactylomys       Olallamys         Kannabateomys   (Atlantic bamboo rat)           Diplomys       Santamartamys   (Red-crested tree-rat)           "Eumysopines"       Lonchothrix   (Tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat)       Mesomys           Isothrix

The cladogram has been reconstructed from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA characters.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][5]

References

1. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Olallamys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1576. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Eisenberg, J. F.; Redford, K. H. (15 May 2000). Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 3: The Central Neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. University of Chicago Press. p. 483. ISBN 978-0-226-19542-1. OCLC 493329394.
3. Emmons, L. H. (20 May 1988). "Replacement Name for a Genus of South American Rodent (Echimyidae)". Journal of Mammalogy. 69 (2): 421. doi:10.2307/1381405. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 1381405.
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7. Leite, Yuri L. R.; Patton, James L. (2002). "Evolution of South American spiny rats (Rodentia, Echimyidae): the star-phylogeny hypothesis revisited". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 25 (3): 455–464. doi:10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00279-8.
8. Galewski, Thomas; Mauffrey, Jean-François; Leite, Yuri L. R.; Patton, James L.; Douzery, Emmanuel J. P. (2005). "Ecomorphological diversification among South American spiny rats (Rodentia; Echimyidae): a phylogenetic and chronological approach". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 34 (3): 601–615. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.015. PMID 15683932.
9. Upham, Nathan S.; Patterson, Bruce D. (2012). "Diversification and biogeography of the Neotropical caviomorph lineage Octodontoidea (Rodentia: Hystricognathi)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63 (2): 417–429. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.020. PMID 22327013.
10. Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Galewski, Thomas; Tilak, Marie-ka; Douzery, Emmanuel J. P. (1 March 2013). "Diversification of South American spiny rats (Echimyidae): a multigene phylogenetic approach". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (2): 117–134. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00572.x. ISSN 1463-6409.
11. Loss, Ana; Moura, Raquel T.; Leite, Yuri L. R. (2014). "Unexpected phylogenetic relationships of the painted tree rat Callistomys pictus (Rodentia: Echimyidae)" (PDF). Natureza on Line. 12: 132–136.
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13. Upham, Nathan S.; Patterson, Bruce D. (2015). "Evolution of Caviomorph rodents: a complete phylogeny and timetree for living genera". In Vassallo, Aldo Ivan; Antenucci, Daniel (eds.). Biology of caviomorph rodents: diversity and evolution. Buenos Aires: SAREM Series A, Mammalogical Research — Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos. pp. 63–120.