New wild cat species, the Tilcayo tiger, discovered in Bolivia
Meet the first new cat species discovered in 100 years: Leopardus tilcayo
The Phoenix Conservancy56This is a good time to mention that our rainforest site in Madagascar is home to at least one entirely new species too! Say hello to the adorable Boophis samuelsabini, known only from Ivohiboro! Photo courtesy of Edmund Basham
AlyceMiller16I am so excited about this but hope people leave these creatures alone!
2 girls 2 cats 2 subarus 🏳️🌈11He doesn't look happy to be found.
janes7it wants to kiss me
Dizzygirl6How many species have gone extinct and we never knew? 😞
Paul A.3Also a new wave cat
Serial Experiments Abigail70I like that the process of naming this kitty was going to the locals and asking "hey what do you call these?" which is a refreshing change of pace
Chris Scott27Can't elaborate on this any further right now, but this is Phase 1
Rachel Hands16i’m sorry we have to cancel everything except protecting the tiny leopard
AmeriKraut8i'm sorry but i know somebody has seen this motherfker before today. this is not the face of a hidden gem.
Catherine 🌷6NEW CAT NEW CAT NEW CAT
Somebody’s Auntie 🤷🏾♀️5Great! Now leave it alone!
Steve4Tilcayo there a) only weighs three pounds b) will definitely murder you, three pounds or no.
cachorra de mochila350% do peso corporal desse querido é dos olhos
Boris Tudeth2Except for the vertical stripes and rounded ears, this is face of one of my senior cats anytime I am within a foot of her wet food bowl without filling it. Even minutes after she's eaten.
Lᴇɢꜱ Bᴇɴᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ ✨2my my my what big eyeballs you have
BREAKING NEWS: New cat species just dropped! 🧪 What is a tilcayo, exactly? Well, it's a small wild cat in the genus Leopardus and a member of the tiger cat species complex, but it is NOT a tigrina, oncilla, kodkod, Geoffroy's cat... www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Xullcorr11Just went from unknown to critically endangered in .03 seconds due to its adorable face.
Jason GRIZZLED Bittel10More on the first new cat species discovered in over 100 years, the tilcayo! 🧪 www.instagram.com/reel/DdZMcHA...
Black Cat Safehouse9New cat! New cat! New cat!
rosa californica4It’s funny how all cats are so recognizably cats in their mannerisms.
Bitten Beads Jewelry 3Paging @catsofyore.bsky.social Have you seen this???
Glendon Mellow49Hoping to some tilcayo art in the #SciArt Feed! (Photos by Joel Sartore).
Bethany Brookshire39You will probably get mauled. This will not stop you from going "pspspsps"
Anjali Dayal38in every photo I've seen so far of this new cat, it's like 'excuse me, did I ASK to be identified????' I love its annoyed face
CZEdwards36If EVER a cat needed a merch line for the safety of the cat’s own species and the dopes determined to bring one home, this baby needs plushies, right now.
Amy Hoy33this CAT SPECIES is NEW and MAD about it
Slippy24omg look at he little face
no brain, only alison14what do you wanna bet the Indigenous people in the area have had stories about these cats for generations...
Serophous12Babe wake up! New cat fursona update just went live!
Mario10Han descubierto un michi nuevo!
Dr. Sheila Addison6New cat! New cat! Sometimes we can have nice things. (You cannot have the new cat. I'm sure she is very stabby.)
I would like to point out that the local people in Bolivia were already familiar with the new cat species, traditionally calling it "Tilcayo", a name honored by the scientists who carried it over into the formal scientific name Leopardus tilcayo.
Hisham Zerriffi4Ok. I was wondering about this very thing. “New cat?” New to whom was my first thought. But this also makes clear that maybe the headlines don’t actually match the science being reported. Seems not so much newly discovered as newly categorized?
MichaelB4Meet the new face of the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
LooShagBrolly3The direct translation of Tilcayo to English is "pspspspspsps"
Gregor Kalinkat3See 🧵 for more details bsky.app/profile/alex...
🧪 New cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century - Called Tilcayo by local communities, it is part of a group called tiger cats found across much of South America www.reuters.com/business/env...
Jaylee the Jellyfish18I love the "NEW CAT DISCOVERED -- the locals already had a name for it but -- DISCOVERED!!!"
Takaani~Antifa🐺🪶🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚🇺🇦2Please protect this precious creature before some horrible human sets on a mission to have one!
Mister Fahrenheit1I know it is wrong, but I would really like one...
Pablo Nepomnaschy147Not new, and not discovered...still great news. I offer a, perhaps, more accurate, less colonizing, title: "Western scientists describe a felid known to local communities as Tilcayo. It is the first description of its kind in over a century"
Anna 🌿👁️93There is something deeply comforting to me about the idea that we have not yet “discovered” all the animals in the world yet
Gwen C. Katz38Once again they have discovered a new cat that looks like an ocelot but smaller AND THEY DID NOT CALL IT THE OCELITTLE
Aysha SPX hangover21Now THIS is the content I want to see
🦇 Arsenal Bat 🦇6Too much shit news! Introducing a NEW CAT!
🤖Definitely a Robot🤖5Finally, some good news. MORE CATS!
Mel_Fluff4They patched a fursona zero day.
Subvet3Hopefully it’s within a protected area, or about to be protected area.
🍁 Christine 🍁3I don't think petting that cat would work out so well for whatever human tried.
Michael2One would think we'd discovered all the cats by now
The world has enough heavy news, here's some light stuff: Scientists have confirmed the existence of a species of wild cats previously only known to locals of Bolivia. It is *smaller* than a house cat and its closest living relative diverged 1.4 million years ago. It's called a Tilcayo.
La Bruja Coruja15Oh. He soñado con este animal, hace muchos años. Sé su nombre*, su mitología y su canción. Lo más gracioso es que lo que soñé de él explicaría que no se haya descubierto antes. *no lo escribiré, porque es una palabra que nació en mi sueño y por tanto no está en internet, y prefiero que siga así
Niña Gato8La cara que mantengo todo el dia
Crimson Oracle 🏳️⚧️6It must be allowed a box, I DEMAND
Vicent5Baby wake up, new Cat™ just dropped
Sam5I want the tiny cat!
Seb Downie-Blackwell5New cat dropped (and landed on their feet)
wee boss3oooooooooh 🤩 [i mean i'm probably wildly allergic to this one too, but I can love from afar]
Call me Joe, (or Joe Pasha if you please...)3Questions: Is new cat BOUNCY? Is new cat FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN? (The wonderful thing about New Cat is They're the only one)
Kitty Kerosene2Those ears! What a cutie.
DJ Sylveon @ MP262Ok, who's going to make oc out this new species?
Hello, Leopardus tilcayo. We are human. Most of us want to become much better stewards of our shared planet. May we live up to this responsibility – and leave you alone.
I'm so excited about the newly described Leopardus tilcayo #cats
A new species of cat has been discovered for the first time in over 100 years A Bolivian man brought the tilcayo tiger cat to a local sanctuary after mistaking it for a domestic kitten
Nueva especie de gato descubierta después de más de 100 años Los científicos han identificado al Leopardus tilcayo, un pequeño gato salvaje encontrado en Bolivia New cat species discovered after more than 100 years Scientists have identified the Leopardus tilcayo, a small wild cat found in Bolivia🐆
