Scientists identify new cat species in Bolivia's cloud forest, first in over 100 years

In the cloud forests of Bolivia's Yungas, a creature smaller than a house cat has quietly inhabited the mist for over a million years without a name in science's ledger — until now. Researchers have formally identified the tilcayo as the first new living feline species described in more than a century, a discovery born from genetic detective work that revealed what was once considered a single species is in fact five distinct lineages. The tilcayo's formal recognition arrives at a precarious moment: the very forest it calls home is shrinking under the pressures of deforestation, fire, and mini