Priscilla Braga Petrazzini‡, Ludmilla Moura de Souza Aguiar§|Corresponding author: Priscilla Braga Petrazzini ( prihpetrazzini@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Átilla Colombo Ferreguetti © Priscilla Braga Petrazzini, Ludmilla Moura de Souza Aguiar. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Petrazzini PB, Aguiar LMS (2022) Completely caught off guard: a new record of Jaguar, Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia, Felidae), from an urban park. Check List 18(3): 463-467. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.3.463 |  |
Jaguar, Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758), is a paramount predator that contributes to ecosystem balance but rarely inhabits small conserved areas. We report a new record of a Jaguar in Brasilia National Park that was photographed while monitoring the Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) population using camera traps. This Jaguar record is critical in documenting the presence of this species in highly human-inhabited and urbanized areas. Our new record also contributes to the understanding of the current distribution of remaining individuals and confirms the importance of large-scale protected areas in providing habitat for species, such as jaguars, that have large ranges.