📚 noun • entry_id 57384
olinguito
/oʊlɪŋˈɡitoʊ/
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olinguito
A raccoon-like procyonid, of species Bassaricyon neblina, native to the Andean forests of Colombia and Ecuador.
A fuzzy fog-dweller with a face like a teddy bear, the olinguito (pictured) is the first carnivore discovered in the Western Hemisphere in more than three decades, a new study says…
“The discovery of the olinguito shows us that the world is not yet completely explored, its most basic secrets not yet revealed.”
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