Greedy Olalla Rat

Greedy Olalla Rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	Olallamys
Species:	O. edax
Binomial name
Olallamys edax (Thomas, 1916)

The Greedy Olalla Rat (Olallamys edax) is a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. ^ Ochoa, J., Rivas, B. & Aguillera, M. (2008). Olallamys edax. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.

• Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.