A new cat species was just discovered. Several more may follow

Editor’s note: Last week, the description of a “new” cat species from Bolivia made headlines around the world. The tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo), a small spotted cat from Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forests, was described as the first new living cat species discovered in more than a century. Unlike several cats recognized as new species in recent […]

Curated from Mongabay. Classified as Environment by AI, which sometimes makes mistakes.