-Arizona is part of the northern population of jaguars, which also includes a breeding population in Sonora, Mexico
-Jaguars are mostly found in Mexico, but they can cross the border into Arizona, though it's rare to see them-6 to 7.5 feet long from nose to tail, 3 feet tall from shoulders to feet, and weigh between 100 and 250 pounds
-In 2023, federally run trail cameras in southern Arizona's Huachuca Mountains photographed a wild jaguar at least twice, in March and May ... the latest jaguar to be caught on camera (2024) in Southern Arizona in the Huachuca and Whetstone mountains now has a Tohono O’odham name ... O: had Ñu:kudam, which means “jaguar protector” in the O’odham language ... it’s pronounced OH-shahd NOO-KOO-dum, but you can call the cat OH-shahd for short