Eduardo Eizirik
MexicoscientistMale8.0Global Dominance: 0.03%Eduardo Eizirik is a prominent geneticist and professor at the Postgraduate Program in Ecology and Evolution of Biodiversity at PUCRS in Brazil. He is renowned for his expertise in feline genetics and has made significant contributions to the understanding of biodiversity, including the recent discovery of the tilcayo, a new species of wild cat in Bolivia, marking the first new feline species described in over a century.
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Eduardo Eizirik worked with Paola Nogales to study the DNA of felines.
¡Conoce al Tilcayo! Nueva especie de felino descubierta en BoliviaMexico· 2026-09-27
Eduardo Eizirik is a doctor leading an international team collaborating with Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz.
"Estamos felices de tener un nuevo gato en la Tierra"; ecosistema de felino descubierto en Bolivia está amenazado, alerta biólogaMexico· 2026-09-20
Eduardo Eizirik highlighted the challenges in identifying the new species of wild cat.
La nueva especie de gato salvaje hallada en Bolivia y de la que solo se conoce un ejemplar
Uruguay· 2026-09-20
Eduardo Eizirik is a Brazilian doctor from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul who collaborated on the study of the Leopardus tilcayo.
"En ciencia, en lugar de competir colaboramos, así llegamos más lejos"
Argentina· 2026-09-19Eduardo Eizirik is part of the international team that identified a new species of wild cat in Bolivia.
Descubren en Bolivia una nueva especie de felino, la primera en más de un siglo
Panama· 2026-09-18Eduardo Eizirik is a geneticist at the Universidade Católica de Rio Grande do Sul who contributed to the study of the newly discovered feline species.
cómo es la primera especie de felinos descubierta en 100 añosArgentina· 2026-09-18
Eduardo Eizirik is a conservation geneticist who commented on the rarity of records for the spotted wildcat.
Spotted wildcat from Bolivian forest revealed as new species
United Kingdom· 2026-09-18Eduardo Eizirik is an evolutionary biologist at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul and senior author of the study.
Meet the tiny wild cat that’s new to science
United States· 2026-09-18Eduardo Eizirik is part of the international team that identified the new species of feline.
Descubren en Bolivia una nueva especie de felino, la primera en más de un siglo - Ciencia
Paraguay· 2026-09-17Eduardo Eizirik is the leader of the study that described the new species of cat, the tilcayo.
Conheça o tilcayo, primeira espécie de felino descrita em mais de 100 anos que de pet nada tem
Brazil· 2026-09-17