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Olinguito
Bassaricyon neblina
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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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 325998.