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Bassaricyon (olingo)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Taxonomy
Bassaricyon was named by Allen (1876). It is extant.

It was assigned to Procyonidae by Wortman and Matthew (1899), Palmer (1904) and Hollister (2000); to Potosini by Baskin (2004); and to Procyonini by Koepfli et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Bassaricyon Allen
1899Bassaricyon Wortman and Matthew p. 129
1904Bassaricyon Palmer p. 836
2000Bassaricyon Hollister p. 149
2004Bassaricyon Baskin p. 717
2007Bassaricyon Koepfli et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyProcyonidaeGray 1825
subfamilyProcyoninaeGray 1825
tribeProcyoniniGray 1825
genusBassaricyonAllen 1876

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Bassaricyon Allen 1876 [olingo]
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Bassaricyon alleni Thomas 1880 [Allen's olingo]
Bassaricyon gabbii Allen 1876
Bassaricyon medius Thomas 1909 [western lowland olingo]
Bassaricyon neblina Helgen et al. 2013 [olinguito]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available