New Species Of Great Cat Found

highwaytohell writes "Scientists have found a new species of leopard on Borneo and Sumatra. The Bornean Clouded Leopard or Neofelis Diardi was originally thought to be similar to the mainland Clouded Leopard. However, Dr Stephen O'Brien, Head of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, US National Cancer Institute says, "Genetic research results clearly indicate that the clouded leopards of Borneo should be considered a separate species, DNA tests highlighted around 40 differences between the two species." The news comes just a few weeks after a WWF report showed that scientists had identified at least 52 new species of animals and plants over the past year on Borneo."

Headline incorrect (pendantry)

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

TFA states:

"For over a hundred years we have been looking at this animal and never realized it was unique.

No new species has been found, an existing one could be reclassified into two seperate species.

Great

[Anonymous Coward]

You just know that somewhere, there is a fashion designer that decides that a glove made of the eyelashes of that animal is going to be the hottest thing next show, because that environment thing is so in right now. Or a thousand old Chinese millionaires who thinks that the powdered penis of this is finally going to cure their impotency.