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Tilcayo for Kids: The True Story of the World's Newest Wild Cat (Nuggets Books, 3)
Paperback
Publisher: Nuggets Books
Published: Sep 19 2026
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 2026, scientists announced something that hadn't happened in over a century: a brand-new species of wild cat. Meet the tilcayo - a three-pound cloud-forest cat from Bolivia with strong opinions about poultry - and Tigrino, the cat whose DNA rewrote the cat family tree.
For a hundred years, this little cat was a case of mistaken identity. Then old bones, museum drawers, camera traps, and DNA finally gave him his true name - the first wildcat species named since the pampas cat in 1923. Tilcayo for Kids follows the real scientists who cracked the case, including Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz and the team at Bolivia's Senda Verde sanctuary, and shows how real discovery works: the best detectives start out wrong.
Every Nuggets book is 100% true - real animals, real scientists, real discoveries, nothing made up.
Inside the Book- The full true story of the world's newest wild cat species, written for ages 8-12
- 15 original illustrations
- Kid quiz: Did You Catch It All?
- By the Numbers: the stats behind the discovery
- Glossary of real science words
- How You Can Help: real ways kids and grown-ups can support the tilcayo's future
- Sources: the real 2026 research paper and reporting behind every chapter
Nuggets Books publishes true science stories for kids - the wildest real discoveries on Earth, told straight. Tilcayo for Kids is Book 3 in the Nuggets series, by Jon Weeks.
Every kid deserves true stories.
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