• DOI:10.1644/07-MAMM-F-268.1
Corpus ID: 58923352

Evidence of Resident Jaguars (Panthera onca) in the Southwestern United States and the Implications for Conservation

@inproceedings{McCain2008EvidenceOR,
  title={Evidence of Resident Jaguars (Panthera onca) in the Southwestern United States and the Implications for Conservation},
  author={E. McCain and J. Childs},
  year={2008}
}

• E. McCain, J. Childs
• Published 2008
• Geography

Abstract Jaguars (Panthera onca) remain virtually unstudied in the desert environments at the northern extent of their range. Historic sightings from the United States indicate a declining population of resident jaguars from the late 1800s into the 1940s, after which only occasional jaguars were reported until the present. After 2 sightings of jaguars in 1996, we established a camera monitoring program in southeastern Arizona. From March 2001 to July 2007, we maintained 9–44 trail cameras and… Expand

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