New Mammal Species Found 2013 AS Olinguitos
Researchers announced a rare discovery of a new
species of mammal called the olinguito. 
It belongs to a grouping of large
creatures that include dogs, cats and bears.
The raccoon-sized critter leaps through the trees of
mountainous forests of Ecuador and Colombia at night, according to a
Smithsonian researcher who has spent the past decade tracking them.
The zoo's little critter, named Ringerl, was mistaken for a
sister species, the olingo.
Ringerl was shipped from zoo to zoo in the US from
1967 to 1976 to try to get it to breed with other olingos.
Olinguitos are smaller, have shorter tails, a rounder face,
tinier ears and darker bushier fur, he said.
The discovery is described in a study in the
journal ZooKey
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