Bassaricyon neblina hershkovitzi, Helgen, Kristofer M., Pinto, C. Miguel, Kays, Roland, Helgen, Lauren E., Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., Quinn, Aleta, Wilson, Don E. & Maldonado, Jesus E., 2013

Helgen, Kristofer M., Pinto, C. Miguel, Kays, Roland, Helgen, Lauren E., Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., Quinn, Aleta, Wilson, Don E. & Maldonado, Jesus E., 2013, Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito, ZooKeys 324, pp. 1-83 : 21-22

Bassaricyon neblina hershkovitzi subsp. n.

Diagnosis.

This is the smallest subspecies of Bassaricyon neblina , with the fur of the dorsum and tail very long, and richly orange-brown (brown with strong golden and black tipping) in coloration, and more golden brown face and limbs, with the limbs well-furred. The skull, braincase, and rostrum are especially narrowed, the posterior palatal shelf is extremely broad, and the molars are proportionally very large.

Distribution.

This is the representative of Bassaricyon neblina on the eastern slopes of the Central Andes of southern Colombia (Figure 16). Records to date are from 2300 to 2400 m elevation in the vicinity of San Antonio (Huila Department), a forested locality "on eastern slope of Central Andes at headwaters of Rio Magdalena, near San Agustin" ( Paynter 1997:380) (see Kattan et al. 1994).

Etymology.

The name honors American mammalogist Philip Hershkovitz (1909-1997), collector of the type series, Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History (1947-1974; Emeritus Curator until 1997), and authority on South American mammals ( Patterson 1987, 1997).

Holotype.

FMNH 70727, adult female, skin, skull, and postcranial skeleton, San Antonio, 2300 m, San Agustin, Huila Department, Colombia (collected by P. Hershkovitz, 6 September 1951) (see Figure 18).

Paratypes.

FMNH 70724, adult male, skin, skull, and postcranial skeleton, San Antonio, 2400 m, San Agustin, Huila Department, Colombia (collected by P. Hershkovitz, 20 August 1951); FMNH 70725, adult male, skin, skull, and postcranial skeleton, San Antonio, 2400 m, San Agustin, Huila Department, Colombia (collected by P. Hershkovitz, 25 August 1951); FMNH 70726, adult male, skin, skull, and postcranial skeleton, San Antonio, 2300 m, San Agustin, Huila Department, Colombia (collected by P. Hershkovitz, 6 September 1951).