Bassaricyon medius
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The western lowland olingo (Bassaricyon medius) is a species of olingo from Central and South America, where it is known from Panama and from Colombia and Ecuador west of the Andes. The western lowland olingo is smaller than the northern olingo, but larger than the most montane member of the genus, the recently described olinguito ("little olingo"). The pelage is slightly lighter than that of the eastern species.
It has a head-body length of 31 to 41 centimetres (12 to 16 in), with a tail length of 35 to 52 centimetres (14 to 20 in). It weighs.9 to 1.2 kilograms (2.0 to 2.6 lb). The closest relative of the western lowland olingo is the other lowland olingo species, B. alleni, found east of the Andes, from which it diverged about 1.3 million years ago. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Lowland Olingo sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 36 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June–July and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Western Lowland Olingo in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, August–September and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Lowland Olingo sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Soberanía National Park, in our data
Soberanía National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Western Lowland Olingo sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Procyonidae
The closest relatives of the Western Lowland Olingo that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Procyonidae, Raccoons, Coatis, and Allies) are White-nosed Coati (about 60%) and Kinkajou (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Lowland Olingo is recorded against all the mammals logged in Soberanía National Park (8 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
