2018 CE • Central & South America
"In Latin America, more land is covered by protected areas than in any other region of the world. That success, however, has not been enough to secure the future of the jaguar, the largest feline in the Americas. In the past, healthy populations of jaguars were found from southwestern United States to Argentina. Currently, there are merely 64,000 Panthera onca specimens left in the wild. . . Today’s jaguars occupy half the animal’s historic range. Territory fragmentation has made these felines increasingly vulnerable as they are unable to hunt and mate in smaller areas. In just over two decades, jaguar populations have decreased by up to 25 per cent."
"Saving the jaguar, Latin America’s iconic – and endangered – species," UN Environmental Programme, February, 28, 2018.
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