Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years
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Tiger cat... Then why does it look like a leopard, ffs blind idiots.
is this a ai slop hoax? hiw did this species stay hidden for thousands of years now all of a sudden the internet is flooded with pics?
edit: my bad lol
Found in 2016. It looks a lot like other similar species and they had to do DNA tests to confirm that it's not them.
No, it's not an AI hoax. The article in the OP links to the research paper about it: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)01110-3
Cell is a highly reputable peer-reviewed journal. It's been unknown to science because it was in a remote, mountainous area of Bolivia and looked very similar to other small cat species in the area.