Scientists have just solved a case of mistaken identity. It involves a creature that looks like a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear, and it lives high up in the cloud forests of the Andes.

The olinguito, found in the Andes Mountains of South America, is a member of the raccoon family. This undated photo provided by the Smithsonian Institution shows an olinguito. (Photo by Mark ...

A baby olinguito that Juan Rendon, an employee at the Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve in Colombia, discovered in a nest 40 feet up in a tree. It was the only baby in the nest, which was made in a ...

A team, led by Smithsonian scientist Kristofer Helgen, spent 10 years examining hundreds of museum specimens and tracking animals in the wild in the cloud forests of Ecuador. The result―the newest ...

Hiding out in the treetops of the Andean cloud forest is the furry, fig-chomping olinguito, a mammal that was unknown to science — until now. It is the first mammal in the order carnivora to be ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — A small mammal with fluffy ...

Imagine a mini-raccoon with a teddy bear face that is so cute it's hard to resist, let alone overlook. But somehow science did - until now. Researchers announced Thursday a rare discovery of a species ...

Amid the misty treetops and giant tomato-size figs in the Andean cloud forests, the researchers spotted the animal the first night. "It sort of bounced around the trees almost like a monkey," ...

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Scientists have just solved a case of mistaken identity. It involves a creature that looks like a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear, and it lives high up in the cloud forests of the Andes.