Trail camera captures extremely rare jaguar in southern Arizona

A trail camera in southern Arizona has filmed North America's largest wild cat – a jaguar. Over the past 15 years, only five such animals have been recorded in the region.

A trail camera in southern Arizona has captured an extraordinary sight – North America's largest wild cat, a jaguar. This is an exceptionally rare finding in the region, as only five jaguars have been observed there over the past 15 years.

Jaguars are extremely rare in the US, and their presence in southern Arizona is always a significant event for zoologists and conservationists. The animals typically migrate north from Mexico across the border, but such sightings occur only in exceptional cases.

Trail cameras have become an important tool for monitoring and protecting rare species. Southern Arizona's mountainous and dense vegetation provides suitable habitat for jaguars, but due to human activity and habitat loss, their population in the region has declined sharply over the past decades.