Cute Animal of the Day: The Olinguito

Friday, 16 August 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Introducing your cute animal of the day: The Olinguito. The rust-colored, furry mammal lives in the treetops of the Andes Mountains. The Washington Post says it’s the first new carnivore species found in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years. In some ways the Olinguito, a member of the raccoon family, was hiding in plain sight. The species has been observed in the wild for decades and was even on display at some zoos, though zoologists didn’t realize the animals were a different species than the Olingo.

SOURCE: Washington Post