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  • A small (~2 lb.) mammal, Bassaricyon neblina. Member of the raccoon family, native to Colombia and Ecuador, recently classified by scientists at the Smithsonian Institution. Named probably in relation to the olingo. Super cute.

    Smithsonian article

    August 15, 2013

  • Researchers announced Thursday 15 August 2013 a rare discovery of a new species of mammal, the olinguito. The reddish-brown animal is about 14 inches long with an equally long tail and weighs about two pounds.

    --Seth Borenstein, Associated Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, 16 August 2013, p. A4

    August 16, 2013

  • Ry, mollusque. Mollusque, ry.

    August 16, 2013

  • united in adoration of this ecstatic conjunction of zoology, English, and cuteness.

    August 16, 2013