Lemonscented gum vs Olinguito

Corymbia citriodora compared with Bassaricyon neblina

Key Differences

• Lemonscented gum is Least Concern while Olinguito is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lemonscented gum	Olinguito
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Myrtaceae	Procyonidae (Raccoons)
Genus	Corymbia	Bassaricyon
Species	Corymbia citriodora	Bassaricyon neblina

Conservation Status

Lemonscented gum

LC — Least Concern

Olinguito

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lemonscented gum	Olinguito
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lemonscented gum

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Olinguito

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia