#olinguitos

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Procyonidae

The Procyonidae is a New World family which consists of raccoons, ringtails, cacomistles, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, and olinguitos. They date back over 20 million years ago. They are viewed as smaller cousins of the bear family, even though they are closely related to mustelids.

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FACT: Nature is inventing new animal species to appease the internet's appetite for cuteness

How else do you explain THIS? Science?

This is a baby Olinguito, a species of mammal that was only discovered in August 2013.

This little guy is orange and black, and currently about the size of a kitten. Here's what he'll look like when he's older:

Someone alert Tim Berners-Lee. We've finally found the new cats.

More on Olinguitos big and small at National Geographic.

[genohockey]

yes i used to be a-pantsless-renegade-physicist but i'm not anymore, now i am almost that one cute mammal that was just discovered