Olinguito

                                       

Scientists in the US have discovered a new animal:

living in the cloud forests of Colombia ,Ecuador and Guyana  ;D

It has been named olinguito  :-*

and is the first new species of carnivore to be identified

in the western hemisphere in 35 years.

It has taken more than a decade to identify the mammal :

a discovery that scientists say is incredibly rare in the 21st Century.

The olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina)

• [li] Smallest member of the animal family that includes racoons[/li]
  

• [li] Measures 14 inches in length (35cm), has a tail of 13-17 inches and weighs 2lb (900g) [/li]
  

• [li] Males and females of the Bassaricyon neblina species are similar in size[/li]
  

• [li] Eats fruit mainly, but also consumes insects and nectar[/li]
  

• [li] Solitary and nocturnal animals that spend their time in trees [/li]
  

• [li] Female olinguitos raise a single baby at a time[/li]
  

• [li] Found only in cloud forests of northern Andes in Ecuador and Colombia, at high elevations  [/li]
  

                                 

Washington's National Zoo had an olinguito in the 1960s but never identified it ....

                                   

"The olinguito makes us think - what else is out there ? "

Dr.Kristofer Helgen

Smithsonian .

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say what?
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                                                  ::LOL::

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Washington's National Zoo had an olinguito in the 1960s but never identified it ....

                                   

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