Comments on: New Animal Discovered in Borneo

By: kittenz

kittenz — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:35:10 +0000

WOW I was just browsing back thru all the blogs and saw this. I think it is an individual of the etremely rare Borneo Bay Cat. They are so rare, and so elusive, that the first living specimen was photographed in 1992. They are slender creatures with a beautiful bright reddish-cinnamon color coat, very small ears, and a very long tail. The photos I have seen of the Borneo Bay Cat greatly resemble this picture. They are so rare that ANY sighting of one could be considered a sighting of a cryptid!

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:07:18 +0000

The WWF animal is red, not black like the other two.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:23:35 +0000

Checking through the species known to inhabit Borneo, it actually does rememble one species called Hose's Palm Civet, which happens to be extremely poorly known. I am somewhat confused that they have an illustration of an animal with reddish fur (like the pic), but say it is dark brown to black on top. Other than the Otter Civet, it appears to be the only unmarked viverrid on the island. There's barely any information out there on the species, and I haven't found any indication of a red color morph, other than the picture. Apparently the animal has been captured in photo traps recently (so it is alive), and I do see a resemblance, color nonwithstanding, between the two. First photo. Second photo. I'm not saying that it is Hose's palm civet, it could be a potential unknown related species/subspecies.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:25:29 +0000

It looks like some sort of viverrid. I agree that this should be a top story.

By: shovethenos

shovethenos — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:17:16 +0000

This should definitely make the “Top Stories in 2005″ list.