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New wild cat species discovered – with only one known living member

67 points · 19 comments · drgo

nemomarx · 1789743042 · focus · HN ↗
> Tiger cats previously had been considered a single species, but genetic studies decades ago suggested the existence of multiple species.
So more like they identified that part of the known population was a different species just now. It'll take more effort tagging and identifying other tiger cats to see if they also belong to this particular one?
1. NetMageSCW · 1789745078 · focus · HN ↗
  No, the new cat resembles a tiger cat but is distinctly different even from appearance not just DNA. It just hasn’t been seen or tested before now.

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