New wild cat species discovered
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A new cat has been discovered in Bolivia, the first time in more than a century that scientists have confirmed a new feline species in the world. Named Leopardus tilcayo, after the word by which locals referred to it,
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New cat species identified for first time in 100 years — it’s 3 pounds and looks like a mini leopard
A new cat species has been identified for the first time in more than a century — and it’s a three-pound miniature leopard lookalike. The adorable feline, named Leopardus tilcayo, was identified in Bolivia’s lush Yungas forest after biologist Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz was called about “a weird cat” given to a local wildlife sanctuary,
The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.