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Geographic range of the jaguar (Panthera onca) in Mexico has decreased due to illegal hunting, loss of prey, and loss of habitat. No survey of jaguars has been conducted in San Luis Potosi since 1953, despite potentially suitable habitat in the Sierra Madre Oriental. During May 2006–March 2008, we conducted 22 field surveys, including interviews of local officials, residents, landowners, and hunters from 42 communities, and searched for tracks near each location where jaguars were reported in the Huasteca Region of the Sierra Madre Oriental of San Luis Potosi. We obtained 34 records of jaguars, 28 considered as recent records comprising ≥12 individuals and 6 historic records. Jaguars were recorded in oak forest (31.1% of records), tropical deciduous forest (28.1%), cloud forest (12.5%), tropical forest (12.5%), piedmont scrub (9.4%), pine-oak forest (3.1%), and along a border between a sugar cane plantation and tropical forest (3.1%). Locations were 150–2,400 m in elevation. We documented presenc... |
