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C e n t e r f o r B i o l o g i c a l D i v e r s i t y
Southern Arizona Is
Jaguars, like all wild cats, are hyper-carnivores. They consume a wide variety of prey. In Arizona they eat from a large menu that could include deer, javelina, coati, skunks, raccoons, frogs, birds and other animals.
WHAT DO JAGUARS IN ARIZONA EAT?Whatever they want.
Pr o t e c t O u r J a g u a r s . o r g
JAGUAR HABITAT VICTORY IN THE U.S. SOUTHWEST
In 2014 the Center for Biological Diversity won 764,207 acres of protected critical habitat for jaguars in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
Confirmed jaguar sightings (1996 to 2017*)
Critical habitat boundaries
Tumacacori
Tiger up to 8.5 ft. long
up to
4 ft
. tal
l
Lion up to 8 ft. long
up to
4 ft
. ta
ll
Jaguar up to 6 ft. long
up to
2.5
ft.
tall
HOW BIG ARE JAGUARS?
The jaguar is the 3rd largest cat in the world after lions and tigers.
weight up to 300 lbs.
weight up to 500 lbs.
weight up to 650 lbs.
JAGUAR COUNTRY
Huachuca Mountains, 2017Peloncillo Mountains, 1996
Near Ruby, Ariz., 2009
Dos Cabezas Mountains, 2016Whetstone Mountains, 2011
Huachuca Mountains, 2016
Jaguars have been spotted in 9 different mountain ranges in southern Arizona
since 1996 and 3 individual jaguars have been photographed there since 2015.*
JAGUARS NEAR TUCSON?
Downtown Tucson
S
anta Rita Mountains
29 miles away
46 miles
Tu
mac
acori Mountains
60 mile
s
46 miles
H
ua
chuca Mountains
56 miles
Dos
C
abezas Mountains
79 miles
112 miles
P
elon
cillo Mountains
38 mile
s
Whe
tstone Mountains
Babo
quivari Mountains
Paja
rito Mountains
*as of October 2017C
hiric
ahua Mountains
Santa Rita Mountains, 2015 Chiricahua Mountains, 2017
95 miles