A new species of wild cat has been discovered in Brazil, with researchers saying their find shows how little scientists still know about the natural world. The housecat-sized animal is a type of ...

Cats are known for being elusive and stealthy, but the southern tigrina takes those qualities to a new level. For decades, this South American feline has been hiding in plain sight, mistaken for a ...

The Brazilian tigrina looks a lot like a housecat. Image credit: yvetteSoler/Flickr The tigrina is a housecat-sized wild cat that roams through two different regions of Brazil: the northeast corner ...

Brazil just doubled its dose of oncilla cuteness. Also know as little spotted cats, tigrillo, tigrinas or tiger cats, these wild felines are not one but two distinct species—one living in northeastern ...

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