I just love this bit in particular. Really wonder where the name came from. Anyone know how "tilcayo" is pronounced?
In their paper, the researchers propose the cat should be known as Leopardus tilcayo, in honor of the word local people know it by. "We asked the local people, ‘Why do you call it tilcayo?’” says Nogales-Ascarrunz, who is herself from Bolivia. “And they said, ‘I don’t know! My grandpa called it tilcayo, so I call it tilcayo.” (The name does not appear to mean anything particular in Spanish or the Quechua language spoken in Bolivia.)
I just love this bit in particular. Really wonder where the name came from. Anyone know how "tilcayo" is pronounced?
It's not that interesting to me. This question is like asking "where does the name jaguar come from? No answering if you know linguistics, etymology, any ancestral languages, etc." It's a word. It...
It's not that interesting to me. This question is like asking "where does the name jaguar come from? No answering if you know linguistics, etymology, any ancestral languages, etc." It's a word. It comes from the same place all words come from.
Awesome article, but that video of the cat is super distressing, since the cat is obviously distressed.
I just love this bit in particular. Really wonder where the name came from. Anyone know how "tilcayo" is pronounced?
It's not that interesting to me. This question is like asking "where does the name jaguar come from? No answering if you know linguistics, etymology, any ancestral languages, etc." It's a word. It comes from the same place all words come from.
Yahoo non-paywall (are they just stealing from other new sources? How do these work? No video but photo and text )
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/meet-first-cat-species-discovered-150000251.html
Gizmodo with additional photos
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-discover-first-new-cat-species-in-over-a-century-and-its-love-at-first-sight-2000812939