the yellow-striped chevrotain). Additionally, the northern right whale, previously considered a single species, was proposed to consist of a Pacific and an Atlantic species. Carnivorans Several new subspecies of previously known species were described. Additionally, an alternative taxonomic treatment of the clouded leopard was proposed, in which the taxon diardi, previously considered a subspecies of Neofelis nebulosa, was proposed a separate species, the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi). In 2013, the olinguito, living in the Andean cloud forest, was determined to be a distinct species. It had previously been categorized as a small olingo. See also List of mammals List of mammals described in the 21st century List of megafauna discovered in modern times List of shrews and moles described in the 2000s References External links Earthlife.net: Twenty-first Century Mammals Mammals described in the 2000s