Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of wild cat in Bolivia’s cloud forests, marking the first time in more than a century that a new living cat species has been formally named and described.
The cat, known locally as Tilcayo, inhabits Bolivia’s Yungas, a mountainous cloud-forest region where the Andes meet the Amazon basin. Researchers have named the species Leopardus tilcayo and described their findings in the journal Current Biology .
