- 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 == April 2026: Cinco the Jaguar, so nicknamed because he is just the fifth of his endangered species to be recorded in the U.S. since 2011, was video-recorded in southern Arizona ... he is considered a resident, not just a passing cat as he has be recorded multiple times over several years ==> In 2023, federally-run trail cameras in southern Arizona's Huachuca Mountains photographed a wild jaguar at least twice, in March and May ... a jaguar 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 pro...