Scientists Discover First New Cat Species in Over a Century—and It’s Love at First Sight
Feline lovers rejoice: Scientists have just uncovered an entirely novel species of wild cat for people to fixate on from afar. An international team of researchers genetically analyzed dozens of samples from small felines native to South America known as tiger cats. They found evidence that at least five distinct species of tiger cat live in the region, including a previously undocumented species now called the tilcayo.
- ▪Feline lovers rejoice: Scientists have just uncovered an entirely novel species of wild cat for people to fixate on from afar.
- ▪An international team of researchers genetically analyzed dozens of samples from small felines native to South America known as tiger cats.
- ▪They found evidence that at least five distinct species of tiger cat live in the region, including a previously undocumented species now called the tilcayo.
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| Publication time | Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:00:01 +0000 |
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Feline lovers rejoice: Scientists have just uncovered an entirely novel species of wild cat for people to fixate on from afar. An international team of researchers genetically analyzed dozens of samples from small felines native to South America known as tiger cats. They found evidence that at least five distinct species of tiger cat live in the region, including a previously undocumented species now called the tilcayo. The team’s work sheds light on an elusive group of wild cats and should help better inform conservation efforts in the area, the researchers say. “The tilcayo is the first living cat species to be discovered and newly named in over a century,” lead study author Jonas Lescroart, an evolutionary ecologist at the University of Antwerp in Belgium, told Gizmodo.
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