SIGHTINGS USA: More on the illinois puma

Trail camera snaps cougar in central Illinois
Quad City Times
The picture clearly shows the big cat walking past a camera set up along a trail through a wooded area. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register ( http://bit.ly/VB57BI) reports that it's only the fourth confirmed sighting of a cougar since the cats ...

NEWSLINK: More on that Arizona mystery cat

Arizona Game and Fish Analyzing New Photo of Mystery Cat : The ... TUCSON, Ariz. - The Arizona Game and Fish Department is currently analyzing a recent trail camera photo of either a jaguar or an ocelot sighted southeast of ... Tail seen in photo was Ariz. jaguar's, 9 of 10 experts say Arizona Daily Star The mystery of the spotted cat is no more - it was, indeed, a jaguar that was seen in Southern Arizona last month, state game officials said Friday. After consulting with 10 outside experts and conducting its own analysis, the Game and Fish Department ...

NEWSLINK: More on the Arizona mystery spotted cat

Mystery Cat Spotted in Arizona | GoHUNTn
What is this cat? That is what the Arizona Game and Fish Department is wondering after just its tail and a bit of hind leg was captured on a trail camer.

SIGHTING: Trailcam jaguar in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. - The Arizona Game and Fish Department is currently analyzing a recent trail camera photo of either a jaguar or an ocelot sighted southeast of Tucson.

The photo includes only the tail and a small portion of a hind quarter of the animal, making positive identification more difficult. Game and Fish is now consulting with outside experts about the photo, taken Sept. 23 and submitted by a sportsman, to better identify the species.

"We have definitively determined that it is either a jaguar or an ocelot, but we need to do further analysis of the animal's spot patterns and size to try to positively identify which species it is," said Game and Fish Nongame Branch Chief Eric Gardner.

Four of the last five confirmed jaguar sightings in Arizona have been reported by hunters, who all took responsible action to document the animal and report it to Game and Fish. Sportsmen also provided Game and Fish with two sets of trail camera photos of an ocelot in the Huachuca Mountains in 2012. These hunters have provided biologists with critical information that may not otherwise be known, information that will help increase the understanding of these species' existence in the borderland area.

Read on...