Adorable Mammal Is The First New Carnivore Species Discovered In The Americas In 35 Years

Meera Dolasia
Wed, 21 Aug 2013 08:57:46 -0700

With its large brown eyes, fluffy red-orange hair and bushy tail, the Olinguito could easily be mistaken for a stuffed teddy bear. But this cute as a button mammal that belongs to the raccoon family is very much alive and extremely precious - That's because it is the first new carnivore to be 'discovered' in the western hemisphere in over three decades.