AGP Executive Report
Last update: a minute agoWildlife & Health Link: Bolivia’s cloud-forest “tilcayo” cat is now officially named Leopardus tilcayo, the first new living wild cat species described in over a century, after genomic work published in Current Biology confirmed it as a distinct tiger-cat lineage; researchers traced the discovery to a kitten-like cat taken to the Senda Verde sanctuary in the Yungas, where locals had cared for it before realizing it was wild. What’s known (and what isn’t): The tiny spotted feline weighs about 1.4 kg and is smaller than a house cat, but scientists still lack clear data on population size, diet, and breeding—though scat and camera-trap clues suggest small rodents and possible nocturnal activity. Conservation pressure: The study notes that recognizing separate species may require reassessing conservation status for each tiger-cat lineage, raising stakes for habitat protection in the Yungas.
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