Title
Short-tail jaguar: The need for transboundary collaboration across the Maya Forest
Author(s)
García-Anleu, Rony;Kelly, Marcella J.;Meerman, Jan;...;Ponce-Santizo, Gabriela;McNab, Roan;Radachowsky, Jeremy;Ramos, Victor Hugo;Polisar, John
Published
2020
Publisher
Cat News
Abstract
During a workshop organized by the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) through their project, Support for Monitoring of Biodiversity and Climate Change in the Maya Forest in May 2018, researchers working in Belize and Guatemala realized that the same jaguar Panthera onca had been photo-captured in both countries; an adult male jaguar in apparently good body condition despite having lost its tail. Although a camera trapping survey had been performed in the region in 2004, and annual surveys began in 2008, it is the first transboundary jaguar reported between these countries; highlighting the importance and potential for collaborative work between Belize and Guatemala, across the Maya Forest region.
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