yeah at first they thought it's just a weird oncilla, but now you can get genetic testing done quickly and cheaply and now it turns out that it's something closer to 6 species and not one even if they look similar

Of course they did. "Civilized" people like to think they discovered stuff that many people have known about all along. For instance, the Western Hemisphere.

Unfortunately doomed even before being officially recorded as their native habitat is being destroyed. Probably for farming or ranching. Just one more line item in the Holocene extinction list.

I don't know why you're getting downvoted, because this is sadly correct. Black market wildlife trading has driven some species to the brink of extinction. We also already have idiots breeding wild cat hybrids, like Bengals and Savannahs, so there's a well established market already.

Why would you do that? Leave those poor cats alone!