Overview

• The ocelot was recorded in the Atascosa Highlands, an area with no sightings in five decades.
• Phoenix Zoo set up 50 cameras to study medium and large mammals in the understudied region.
• The Arizona Game and Fish Department confirmed the ocelot is a new individual, not previously seen.
• Ocelots are critically endangered in Arizona due to habitat fragmentation and loss.
• Researchers aim to use the study to better understand and protect the ocelot and other wildlife.