Overview
- University of Arizona’s Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center verified images of a male jaguar taken on three separate days in November.
- The center designated the animal “Jaguar #5,” marking the fifth individual recorded in Arizona since monitoring began in 2011.
- Researchers announced the confirmation in early December after reviewing trail‑camera photographs from southern Arizona.
- The program reports 15 years of monitoring with roughly 220 detections of the previous four jaguars across the region.
- Hundreds of volunteers maintain trail cameras statewide, and the center says the sighting indicates jaguars continue to use transborder movement corridors.