A cat-like animal that appears to be a new species of carnivore has been photographed in Borneo, biologists say.
The animal has dark red fur, a long tail and looks like a cross between a cat and fox. It has small ears and large hind legs.
It was photographed twice at night by a camera trap set in the jungles of the Indonesian side of &to=http://english.pravda.ru/world/2001/03/01/2783.html' target=_blank>Borneo island.
"We showed the photos of the animal to locals who know the wildlife of the area, but nobody had ever seen this creature before," said Stephan Wulffraat, a biologist who is co-ordinating the World Wildlife Fund's research on this species.
"We also consulted several Bornean wildlife experts and most were convinced it was a new species," he added in a statement, reports CBC Montreal.
According to National Geographic, the mystery animal pictured at top walked right into the limelight when it entered a nighttime camera trap set by World Wildlife Fund researchers.
The scientists say the newly exposed critter, a red-furred creature about the size of a house cat, could be the first new mammal species discovered on the Southeast Asian island in more than a century. The camera caught only two blurred images, which &to=http://english.pravda.ru/society/2002/08/24/35181.html' target=_blank>WWF released today. But an artist's rendering (shown at bottom) offers an idea of what the whole animal might look like.
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