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Bassaricyon neblina (Olinguito)

Wikipedia Abstract

The olinguito /oʊlɪŋˈɡiːtoʊ/ (Spanish for "little olingo", Bassaricyon neblina, colloquially known as the "kitty bear") is a mammal of the raccoon family Procyonidae that lives in montane forests in the Andes of western Colombia and Ecuador. The species was described as new in 2013. The species name neblina is Spanish for fog or mist, referring to the cloud forest habitat of the olinguito.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0