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Fort, J.L.; Nielsen, C.K.; Donoso, E.; Samudio, R.J.; Duran, G.A.
First camera survey of wild felids in Cerro Hoya National Park, Panama
2014 Cat News (60): 36-37
Although Panama is an important global hotspot for biodiversity, basic information on wild felid distribution is unknown. Cerro Hoya National Park CHNP, Panama, is an isolated remnant of tropical rainforest habitat separated by 125 km from the closest tract of contiguous mature rainforest (Santa Fe National Park) in the Panamanian Atlantic Mesoamerican Biological Corridor PAMBC. We conducted the first camera survey for wild felids in CHNP from February to April 2012 and documented four of the six species of wild felids known to inhabit Panama, including observations of jaguar _Panthera onca_, an important umbrella species for conservation. Cerro Hoya National Park appears to serve as an important refuge for wild felids in relatively close proximity to the PAMBC.
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