First Record of Jaguar (Panthera onca) from the State of Hidalgo, México

Aguilar-López, Melany; Ramos-Frías, Josefina; Rojas-Martínez, Alberto E.; Cornejo-Latorre, Cristian

First Record of Jaguar (Panthera onca) from the State of Hidalgo, México

2015

Aguilar-López, Melany | Ramos-Frías, Josefina | Rojas-Martínez, Alberto E. | Cornejo-Latorre, Cristian

We documented the first record of jaguar (Panthera onca) in the state of Hidalgo, México. With this record, the gap in the distribution of jaguar between San Luis Potosí and northwestern Puebla is reduced. In July 2013, we found 2 tracks on a trail in a pine-oak forest, and in October, we photographed a jaguar in an oak forest. Both sites are located within the Parque Nacional Los Mármoles in Sierra Gorda of Hidalgo. These records represent the first evidence of the presence of jaguar in Hidalgo, which is among the few states where all 6 species of felids that inhabit México occur.

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