<i>Bassaricyon neblina</i> (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Smithsonian

<i>Bassaricyon neblina</i> (2 of 3)

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A team, led by Smithsonian scientist Kristofer Helgen, spent 10 years examining hundreds of museum specimens and tracking animals in the wild in the cloud forests of Ecuador. The result―the newest species of mammal known to science, the olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina).

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Mark Gurney

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