This rare sighting suggests the jaguar's range may be expanding—and emphasizes the importance of keeping wildlife corridors open between the United States and Mexico, a vast contiguous expanse of habitat for many creatures
Jaguars once roamed throughout much of Arizona and New Mexico, even as far north as the Grand Canyon. But throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, hunters exterminated the U.S. population of North America’s only big cat.
The sighting—and the study—emphasize the importance of keeping wildlife corridors open between the United States and Mexico, a vast contiguous expanse of habitat for many creatures, including jaguars, Marin says. Throughout 2020, the Trump administration constructed more than 210 miles of the 30-foot-tall border wall in Arizona, cutting off some of these corridors. Some of the primary connections through mountainous areas remain intact, albeit degraded and shrunk.
This juvenile jaguar was photographed in a ranch owned by a Sonora-based conservation organization called, whose mission is to protect and restore land in northern Mexico. The juvenile cat strolled past Marin’s cameras, all of them near a stream known as Cajon Bonito, a water source that supports black bears, pumas, beavers, and at least one ocelot, Marin adds.
“Pretty much we are dividing a continent and stopping the flow of species across it,” which could lead to local extinctions—or in this case, prevent jaguars from expanding into the United States at all, Sierra adds. Finding jaguars very close to the border on either side reinforces the point that these are not separate populations and should be considered as one, Traphagen adds.paper, Sanderson and colleagues used various models to assess habitat suitability for jaguars, using factors such as vegetation type, prey availability, proximity to water, and other variables.
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