'Cutest new animal' discovered: It's an olinguito!
Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 11:00
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.