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Caso, A.; Dominguez, E.F.
Confirmed presence of jaguar, ocelot and jaguarundi in the Sierra of San Carlos, Mexico
2018 Cat News (68): 31-32
In northeast Mexico the occurrence of the jaguar _Panthera onca_, ocelot _Leopardus pardalis_ and jaguarundi _Herpailurus yagouaroundi_ is not well known. Because of lack of confirmed reports, no recent publications mention the Sierra of San Carlos within the actual range of these felines. Here, we provide a series of photographs taken with a remote sensing camera of these three species at the Rancho S¡lica that is located in the northern part of the Sierra of San Carlos in Tamaulipas, Mexico. We believe that these distribution records will improve the knowledge about the range of these species and therefore could lead to better conservation actions. We hope that the Sierra of San Carlos will be included within the Mexican protected area system in the future.
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