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The tilcayo is the new wild cat on the block

SciFri· 211K subscribers

22d ago · en-US audio

Big news for tiny cats: an itty-bitty three-pound spotted cat from Bolivia —called the tilcayo—is the first new wild cat species described in more than a hundred years.  Tilcayo pics have been all over the news and social media, but there’s much more to tilcayo’s tale, including the surprising story behind its discovery.  Flora chats with Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, the biologist who worked for nearly 10 years to…

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