The New Monkey Lemur Cat

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4501152.stm

Let's give it a warm welcome to our animal kingdom!!

― andy --, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

better yet let's give it a name...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

i welcome our new monkey lemur cat overlords.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

I misread WWF and WTF.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

"as"

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

Now that we know it exists, I'm sure it will find a tiny eco-niche to enjoy and eek out a perilous existence. Welcome, little friend!

― andy --, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

That's not new

http://snaps.snapsoid.com/580/~catbus_totoro.jpg

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:43 (twenty years ago)

i want one

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

http://multiki.arjlover.net/audio/Riki-Tiki_tavi/rikki.jpg

Should you wonder how to write Riki Tiki Tavi in cyrillic...

― andy -, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:52 (twenty years ago)

Ha I was in the pub tonight and my country life friend informed me of this new mammal to which I replied 'how come I've not seen anything on the news about this?', and there it is when i get home and visit ilx, thread at the top - i love you all.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:53 (twenty years ago)

Well everyone's all "endangered" this and "threatened" that but this just goes to show that the animals are doing just fine on their own... we can finally ignore their plight.

― andy --, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 00:59 (twenty years ago)

It's believed to be carnivorous. Stay away. You don't want to be the first known victim of a man-eating lemur.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

"you don't find new mammals that often"

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 06:56 (twenty years ago)

I assume "Joey" is already taken?

― kingfish trampycakes (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 06:57 (twenty years ago)

The Fremme Neppe Vanette.

― dali madison's nut (donut), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 07:58 (twenty years ago)

i wonder if Dr. Stephan Wulffraat's name influenced his decision to become a biologist.

― tres letraj (tehresa), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 08:14 (twenty years ago)

I wonder what it tastes like.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 08:32 (twenty years ago)

i betcha its poisonous

― latebloomer: The Corridor (Yes, The Corridor) (latebloomer), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 09:11 (twenty years ago)

I think Walter meant to post a picture of this...

ihttp://kabuki.eecs.berkeley.edu/~gchien/images/totoro-bus.gif

...which was the first thing that sprang to my mind too when I saw the pic.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 09:28 (twenty years ago)

I love how they go on about it being endangered and rare and all, and then they say 'the next step is to trap one'. Couldn't you just, you know, leave it the hell alone?

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)

It's cool, but it's no Aye-Aye.

http://static.flickr.com/23/31440568_7a89080f92.jpg?v=0

― emil.y (emil.y), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

twenty years pass...

https://static.scientificamerican.com/dam/asset/14eda6c0-48c9-4394-b011-c64f2e7105ac/wild-cat.jpg?m=1789672237.002&w=1200

"For the first time in a century, researchers say they’ve identified a new species of wild cat previously unknown to science. Leopardus tilcayo — or the tilcayo tiger cat — is slender and spotted, with rounded ears. It is smaller than a typical house cat and lives in the Bolivian Yungas, the cloud forest where the Andes mountains meet the Amazon basin."

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/new-wild-cat-species-identified-rcna598113

― jaymc, Thursday, 17 September 2026 21:41 (one month ago)

should be noted that the photos are from a refuge, not in the wild.. but very cool

― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 17 September 2026 21:49 (one month ago)

L. tilcayo is a small felid with a head-body length of 425–505 mm and a tail length of 250–265 mm.

It's a teeny kitty.

― mick signals, Thursday, 17 September 2026 22:33 (one month ago)

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