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WCS Photo of Rare Cat in Bolivia Wins BBC Camera Trap “New Discoveries” Competition

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WCS Photo of Rare Cat in Bolivia  Wins BBC Camera Trap “New Discoveries” Competition
(November 23, 2012) Photograph documents first record of an oncilla in Madidi National Park  A photograph taken by Wildlife Conservation Society scientists of a little known Bolivian cat species called an oncilla has won a BBC Wildlife camera-trap photo competition.  The photo, which won the New Discoveries category, documents the first known occurrence of this extremely rare spotted cat in Madidi National Park.  Oncillas occur across the Amazon and along the tropical Andes. About the size of ...

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