29 days ago · Global
New cat species identified for the 1st time in a century
What's happening
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What we know
A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia's cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in more than a century.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Guardian World
New cat species identified for first time in more than a century in Bolivia
- Picked up by The Straits Times World
New cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century
- New development reported by Phys.org Breaking News
Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years
- Picked up by Sky News World
New species of wild cat identified in Bolivia - first for more than 100 years
- Picked up by Times of India World
DNA reveals new 3-pound wild cat species in Bolivia after a century
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
- Picked up by CBS News
New species of wild cat discovered for first time in more than a century
- Picked up by CBC World
- Picked up by STV News
New wildcat species discovered for first time in more than 100 years
- Picked up by New York Times Homepage
- Picked up by Al Jazeera English
- Picked up by ScienceDaily Top News
Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years
Same story, different outlets
12 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- ScienceDaily Top NewsScientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years
- Al Jazeera EnglishNew cat species found, first in more than 100 years
- The New York TimesNew Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century
- STV NewsNew wildcat species discovered for first time in more than 100 years
- CBCNew cat species identified for the 1st time in a century
- CBS NewsNew species of wild cat discovered for first time in more than a century
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- Deutsche Welle All NewsBolivia: New cat species discovered by scientists
- Times of IndiaDNA reveals new 3-pound wild cat species in Bolivia after a century
- Sky NewsNew species of wild cat identified in Bolivia - first for more than 100 years
- Phys.org Breaking NewsBolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years
- The Straits TimesNew cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century
- The GuardianNew cat species identified for first time in more than a century in Bolivia