The World’s First New Cat Species In 100 Years Has Just Emerged From The Cloud Forests Of Bolivia

Photo: Leopardus tilcayo in captivity at La Senda Verde – September 17, 2026. Photo credit: researcher Paola Nogales Ascarrunz via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 International (photo resized to fit page). Article by Ella Spitz. All That’s Interesting – updated September 19, 2026. Research article: Current Biology.

A new cat species has been found for the first time in more than a century. The tilcayo cat, or Leopardus tilcayo, is native to the Yungas cloud forests of Bolivia, and was discovered by scientists after it turned up in a local wildlife sanctuary, where someone dropped it off just thinking it was an ordinary housecat. […]

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