Watch a video of the newly identified tiger-cat, which lives in Central and South America.
Scientists have suspected a unique small cat roamed Central and South America for more than a decade, but it took intense genetic work and 40 experts to put all the pieces together.
When Joel Sartore photographed Tabu, a wildcat at Costa Rica's Toucan Rescue Ranch in 2021, he was considered a Costa Rican oncillaMost people are all too familiar with the lions, tigers, and other big cats of the world. But tiger-cats, which are about the size of a house cat and roam from Costa Rica to Argentina?“I can even pinpoint the date,” says de Oliveira, a wildlife conservationist at the State University of Maranhão in Brazil. “It was June 22, 2010.
De Oliveira says the inclusion was both intentional and necessary for the future of these fascinating felines. Tiger-cats everywhere are under imminent threat of losing their habitats to agriculture and development, he says. And pathogens, such as canine distemper virus, have the ability to spill over from domestic animals. Also unfortunate is the fact that most tiger-cat populations exist outside of protected areas, similar to the situation with cheetahs in Africa, he says..
“People have to realize that publishing papers is one thing. Taking conservation action is another,” he says. “And you cannot do one without the other. Otherwise, you’re not doing your job.”
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