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On 23 May 2014, International Institute for Species Exploration declared the olinguito as one of the "Top 10 New Species of 2014" among species discovered in 2013. The reasons for its selection are its resemblance with a cross between a slender domestic cat and a romanticized American Black Bear, and it is the first new carnivorous mammal described in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years.[3][4]

Description The olinguito is distinct from the other species within the genus, popularly known as "olingos", and also from the kinkajou (kinkajous resemble olingos, but are not closely related).[5][1] Its average weight is 900 grams (2 lb), making it the smallest procyonid.[2][6][7] The animal is an omnivorous frugivore[8] that eats mainly fruits (such as figs), but also insects and nectar; this diet results in feces the size of small blueberries.[7][9] The olinguito is thought to be solitary, nocturnal[8]:29:30 and moderately reclusive. Olinguitos appear to be strictly arboreal.[1][8] They have a single pair of mammae, and probably produce a single offspring at a time.[1][7][8]

Distribution and Habitat Specimens of the species have been identified from the Andean cloud forest stretching from western Colombia to Ecuador, at elevations of 5,000 to 9,000 feet, which is the highest known range of any member of the genus Bassaricyon.[7][10][11] Its discovery was confirmed in the wild[1][6] and announced on 15 August 2013.[6][8] The species is not considered to be immediately at risk,[6] but it is estimated that over 40 percent of the animal's potential range has been deforested.[6][9]