The Bolivian Mitla, also known as Fawcett's Cat-Dog is medium size of carnivoran and described as a cat-like dog or canid-looking felid from the rainforest in Bolivia. The report comes from Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett who spent time in Bolivia between 1906-1914. Jeremy Mallinson, the director of Jersey Zoo searched for the Mitla in 1960.

The Mitla may be a canine or a genus of cat similar to the Jaguarundi. Some authors suspect that it is feline, but more likely it is a dog, and a relative of the Short-eared Dog. Dr. Karl Shuker described it as a mysterious dog with feline-like behavior.

The place where Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett saw mitla may be situated in forests eastern of Cuzco region near to Madidi jungle (established in 1995 to range Bolivian National Park), (Exploration Fawcett, 1953). There also live Atelocynus microtis, some writers say is mitla, but is not totally convincing, because mitla is almost two times larger and darker in color. It is probably some evolutional adaptation, how specific fossa or yaguarundi.

References

* Mystery Cats of the World (1989), Robert Hale, ISBN 0-7090-3706-6
* The Beasts That Hide From Man (2003), Paraview, ISBN 1-931044-64-3
* Extraordinary Animals Revisited (2007), CFZ Press, ISBN 1-905723-17-1
* Exploration Fawcett. P.H. Fawcett, Brian Fawcett. 1953. Phoenix Press; New Ed edition. (December 31, 2001). 368 pages. ISBN 1842124684