"New animal" found in Borneo (pic) the Loch Ness Cat?

A Bornean red carnivore from the Kayan Mentarang National Park, East Kalimantan. Researchers from the World Wide Fund (WWF) For Nature may have spotted a new mammalian species in the dense central forests of Borneo, the organisation said. The carnivorous animal, slightly larger than a domestic cat with dark red fur and a long bushy tail, was caught by a camera trap at night twice in 2003(AFP/WWF-HO)

Researchers discover new animal in jungles of Borneo: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051206/wl_asia_afp/indonesiaenvironmentborneoanimal_051206062203

JAKARTA (AFP) - Researchers from the WWF conservation group may have made the extremely rare discovery of a new species of mammal in the dense forests of central Borneo.

The carnivorous mammal, slightly larger than a domestic cat with dark red fur and a long bushy tail, was caught by an automated camera at night twice in 2003 on the Indonesian side of the island, the WWF said in a press release.

The group warned however that plans by Indonesia announced in July to create the world's largest palm oil plantation in Kalimantan, along the border with Malaysia's Sarawak and Sabah states, threaten further new discoveries.

The scheme, funded by the China Development Bank, is expected to cover an area of 1.8 million hectares (4.4 million acres) and may have devastating environmental consequences, it said.

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There will be no more wildlife when we are done with this earth! :(