'Cutest new animal' discovered in South America

Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 10:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

While rooting through some museum drawers and cabinets at the National Museum, a mammal expert at the Smithsonian Zoo noticed that a collection of bones — labeled for a family of small, furry South American mammals called olingos — didn't completely match.

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