IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group Library

IUCN / SSC Cat Specialist Group - Digital Cat Library

View printer friendly
Casanova, D.C.; Morato, R.G.; Goncalves, H.; Endo, W.; de Paula Rodarte, R.R.; de Camargos, V.L.
Rediscovery of jaguar in an Atlantic Rainforest area, southeast of Bahia State, Brazil
2018 Cat News (68): 32-35
For more than 20 years, there was no real evidence of jaguar _Panthera onca_ occurrence in Atlantic Forest areas in the south region of Bahia state, Brazil. The species was rediscovered during a fauna monitoring study carried out at Reserva Particular do Patrim“nio Natural RPPN Esta‡Æo Veracel, which is a huge remnant of native vegetation surrounded by _Eucalyptus _spp. plantations, croplands and rural settlements. There were three jaguar records, all of them obtained on trails located inside the private conservation unit. The species was first recorded in May 2017, through a sequence of photos captured by a camera trap and subsequently by a footprint. Six months later, new images of the jaguar were taken by the Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conserva‡Æo de Mam¡feros Carn¡voros CENAP team in a research designed to monitor the jaguar.
	PDF files are only accessible to Friends of the Cat Group. Joining Friends of the Cat Group gives you unlimited access and downloads in the Cat SG Library for one year, and allows you to receive our newsletter Cat News (2 regular issues per year plus special issues). More information how to join here