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First ‘cloud jaguar’ spotted in 10 years sparks hope in Honduras
Researchers said the sighting suggests the Merendón corridor still supports jaguars and other wild cats despite deforestation and poaching pressures.
- Camera traps captured a jaguar in the Honduran Sierra del Merendón on February 6, marking the first detection of the big cat in the range in a decade.
- Known as a "cloud jaguar," the lone male was spotted at about 2,200 meters in high-altitude forest, a rare occurrence since most jaguars live below 1,000 meters.
- Franklin Castañeda, Honduras country director at Panthera, called the sighting "Awesome," noting the mountain range had been under continuous surveillance for the past 15 years.
- The range is part of the Jaguar Corridor Initiative, a network stretching from Mexico to Argentina, which likely facilitated the young male's movement between Honduras and Guatemala.
- Last month, the Convention on Migratory Species Conference adopted a new protection framework, while Mexico reported a 10% increase in its wild jaguar population this month, rising from 4,800 in 2018 to 5,326.
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Wildlife cameras captured the male jaguar in the Sierra del Merendón mountains in western Honduras at an altitude of 2,200 meters.
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Camera traps have photographed a jaguar high in Honduras' Sierra del Merendón mountain range, the first time the big cat has been detected there in a decade.
Hidden cameras have captured a clouded jaguar high in the mountains of the Merendon Range in Honduras, marking the first time the big cat has been spotted in the area
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