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They found hides and skulls in museums that didn't look to be olingos, so they investigated.

Ultimately, the researchers worked with a local hunter to shoot and retrieve one of the animals, a last-resort move among field biologists.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/For-the-First-Time-in-35-Years-A-New-Carnivorous-Mammal-Species-is-Discovered-in-the-Western-Hemisphere--219762981.html#ixzz2c9d0cgCc