Overview

• Rare jaguar captured on trail camera in Arizona, marking the eighth individual jaguar spotted in the wild in the United States since the 1990s.
• The jaguar was discovered by wildlife videographer Jason Miller in the Huachuca Mountains south of Tucson.
• The Arizona Game and Fish Department confirmed the jaguar was not previously photographed or filmed, identifying it through its unique rosette pattern.
• Jaguars were once plentiful in the American Southwest but were driven out by hunters, particularly predator control agents in Arizona as the state grew.
• The jaguar's gender is currently unknown, but every recent jaguar sighting has been a male.