Leopardus tilcayo

This story started with a guy finding a kitten on a road in Bolivia and taking it home because he thought it was a house cat. About a year later he realized this was definitely a wild animal and turned it over to a sanctuary. That cat is now known as Leopardus tilcayo. It weighs only about 3 pounds, smaller than the average house cat, and genetic testing showed it comes from a line that split from its closest relatives around 1.4 million years ago. Scientists had been looking at these little spotted cats for years without realizing they were dealing with a completely different species.

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size of a domestic kitten

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Leopardus tilcayo

Tilcayo a tiny wild cat from Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forest, formally described today (17 Sep 2026) as the first new living cat species in over 100 years.

Leopardus tilcayo

first new species discovered in 100 years

Leopardus tilcayo

whole new cat species