Ocelots have been listed as endangered in the United States since 1972 and are only intermittently recorded in Arizona.
An ocelot has been spotted on camera in a southern Arizona region for the first time in 50 years.Researchers with the Phoenix Zoo and Arizona Center for Nature Conservation released video on Aug. 12, showing the ocelot in the Atascosa Highlands region in western Santa Cruz County . The region includes the Atascosa, Tumacacori and Pajarito mountains.The zoo says this is confirmed to be a new cat not previously seen in the state.
"One other ocelot has been recorded consistently in the last year on camera footage from the Huachuca mountain range, greater than 50 miles away from this new sighting.""Finding evidence of a new ocelot in southern Arizona reinforces our commitment to collaborative efforts to conserve wildlife and their habitats in the region," ACNC/Phoenix Zoo President and CEO Bert Castro said.
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