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humanodon  ·  4154 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: New Mammal Species Discovered

Some supplementary info here.

The name needs a little work though, I feel. They're calling it the olinguito, presumably because it looks like a smaller olingo, which they have been mistaken for on numerous past occasions. That's like calling a bonobo a "chimpanzette".