Mammals

Jaguar whistle-blower now faces conspiracy charge

Submitted by desierto on Fri, 2010-06-25 09:35

Federal prosecutors have added another criminal charge against Janay Brun, the research technician who blew the whistle on last year's deliberate capture of jaguar Macho B.

The U.S. Attorney's Office added a charge of conspiracy to "take" a jaguar onto an earlier charge that Brun had illegally taken a jaguar in violation of the Endangered Species Act.

The change drew a protest from Brun's attorney, Michael Piccarreta. He said the new charge sends a bad message to people: " 'Cooperate with the government, but only at your own peril. If you know of some illegal acts, keep your mouth shut.'

Read the full article in the AZ Daily Star.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife issue a "take" permit to AZ Game and Fish

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Press release from Center for Biological Diversity - The Center for Biological Diversity has learned that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a permit on June 14 to the Arizona Game and Fish Department allowing the state agency to “take” jaguars and ocelots, which can include killing, injuring or otherwise harming the rare felines. The permit was issued 15 months after Arizona Game and Fish killed the last known jaguar in the United States, an animal called Macho B. Read more

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Rare tropical wild cat found alive in Arizona: Sky Island Alliance, Patagonia, and Freedom to Roam in partnership document first live ocelot in Arizona

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Ocelot in Snow at El Aribabi, Sonora Ocelot photo from Cochise County, Arizona 2010

Update: Arizona Game and Fish found a dead Ocelot hit and killed by a car this April 2010 just south of Globe, AZ!

April 16, 2010. Tucson, ARIZ. – Remote cameras captured the image of an ocelot, a rare tropical cat, in Cochise County , Arizona . Sky Island Alliance, a Tucson-based regional conservation organization, recently photographed the cat while participating in the Witness for Wildlife program, which is supported by the Freedom to Roam Coalition and Patagonia , the outdoor clothing company.

Sky Island Alliance sets remote cameras to unobtrusively observe wildlife and assess wildlife corridors in Arizona’s Sky Island region. Last week, volunteer citizen naturalists participating in the Witness for Wildlife program retrieved images from one of the remote cameras in Cochise County. The image of the ocelot was dated November 7, 2009.

Taken by a remote camera, this remarkable photograph is the first verifiable record of this elusive wild feline alive in Arizona. Although a small number of ocelots live in south Texas, ocelots have never before been recorded alive in Arizona. Additionally, this record from Arizona places ocelots over 200 miles north in latitude from where they are found in Texas.

About the Ocelot

These medium-sized tropical cats have long tails and agile bodies, weighing about 35 pounds. Their tan-brown fur is darkly spotted with distinguishing parallel black stripes on the forehead, neck and shoulder. Ocelots hunt mostly at night and eat small rodents, birds and lizards. The ocelot was listed in the U.S. as a federally endangered species in 1982. Fossil records of ocelots in Arizona date back 10,000 years, but more recent historic records are rare and primarily evidenced by pelts.

“This ocelot, alive in Southern Arizona, is so exciting to see, to take pride in. We now know that these incredibly rare cats are here with us, can co-exist with us, and have done so right under our noses,” said Sky Island Alliance biologist Jessica Lamberton. “That an ocelot is here in Arizona tells us that the habitat is healthy, and the connection between healthy landscapes is still a possibility for ocelots and other species.”

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Game and Fish worker is fired for alleged lying, cover-up in jaguar capture

Submitted by desierto on Tue, 2010-03-23 09:30

Macho B and Thornton SmithThe state fired a worker Friday for lying to federal investigators about the fact that the U.S.'s last known wild jaguar was lured to his capture and for concocting a cover-up story, officials said.

The employee, Thornton W. Smith, 40, said biologist Emil McCain told him he had put jaguar scat at two sites near the area where Macho B was captured a year ago southwest of Tucson, the Arizona Game and Fish Department revealed late Friday.

"We made a different story to protect the department, protect Emil, to protect my association with Emil, about, you know, not leaving jaguar scat, but (tape recording inaudible) ... But you know, I can't live with that. You know I did it."

Read the full story here (from AZ Daily Star)

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Tropical Marsh and Savanna of the Late Pleistocene in Northeastern Sonora, Mexico, Mead, Baez, Swift, Carpenter, Hollenshead, Czaplewski, Steadman, Bright, and Arroyo-Cabrales

Submitted by desierto on Sat, 2010-03-13 18:09

ABSTRACT: We recovered Pleistocene fossils from a lava-dammed river deposit along the Rio de Moctezuma in northeastern Sonora, at 29°41'N, 109°39'W, and 605 m elevation. Today the region is semiarid, with a foothills thornscrub community. The impoundment that resulted from the lava dam produced a short-lived marsh with an adjacent savanna. The extraordinary fauna is both diverse and rich, and includes ostracods, mollusks, fish, amphibians, turtles, a crocodilian, snakes, lizards, birds, and mammals, many with tropical affinities today. Most of the animals are either extralimital to the setting today or extinct. The recovery of Bison dictates a Rancholabrean Land Mammal Age for the fauna; a preliminary 40Ar/39Ar age suggests that the deposit is between 570,000 and 310,000 years old. The occurrence of cf. Crocodylus acutus (a crocodilian; generic assignment uncertain) and Pampatherium, the giant armadillo, is unique in the northern interior Sonora setting. We speculate that a well-developed riparian corridor along the R ́ıo Yaqui, from the Gulf of California to the mountain-valley setting at Te ́rapa, permitted the animals with tropical affinities to extend 350 km inland.

Endangered Sonoran Animals (NOM 2002 List)

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	CODIGOE	CLASS	FAMILIA	NOMBRE GLOBAL	NOMBRE SUBNACIONAL	PROTSUBNAC
2	LFCA001021	Amphibia	AMBYSTOMATIDAE	AMBYSTOMA ROSACEUM	AMBYSTOMA ROSACEUM	PR*
3	AAAAA01140	Amphibia	AMBYSTOMATIDAE	AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM	AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM	PR
4	AAAAA01142	Amphibia	AMBYSTOMATIDAE	AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBINSI	AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBINSI	PR
5	AAAAA01141	Amphibia	AMBYSTOMATIDAE	AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TAYLORI	AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TAYLORI	PR*
6	AAABB01060	Amphibia	BUFONIDAE	BUFO DEBILIS	BUFO DEBILIS	R
7	LFAC003107	Amphibia	BUFONIDAE	BUFO KELLOGGI	BUFO KELLOGGI	R
8	AAABB01140	Amphibia	BUFONIDAE	BUFO RETIFORMIS	BUFO RETIFORMIS	R
9	AAABE01020	Amphibia	MICROHYLIDAE	GASTROPHRYNE OLIVACEA	GASTROPHRYNE OLIVACEA	R
10	LFCFB19003	Amphibia	PLETHODONTIDAE	PSEUDOEURYCEA BELLI	PSEUDOEURYCEA BELLI	A*
11	AAABH01080	Amphibia	RANIDAE	RANA CHIRICAHUENSIS	RANA CHIRICAHUENSIS	A
12	LFAUC21083	Amphibia	RANIDAE	RANA FORRERI	RANA FORRERI	R
13	AAABH01250	Amphibia	RANIDAE	RANA YAVAPAIENSIS	RANA YAVAPAIENSIS	R
14	ABNKC12040	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	ACCIPITER COOPERII	ACCIPITER COOPERII	A
15	ABNKC12060	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	ACCIPITER GENTILIS	ACCIPITER GENTILIS	A
16	ABNKC12020	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	ACCIPITER STRIATUS	ACCIPITER STRIATUS	A
17	ABNKC22010	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	AQUILA CHRYSAETOS	AQUILA CHRYSAETOS	P
18	ABNKC19080	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	BUTEO ALBICAUDATUS	BUTEO ALBICAUDATUS	PR
19	ABNKC19110	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	BUTEO JAMAICENSIS	BUTEO JAMAICENSIS	PR
20	ABNKC19010	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	BUTEO NITIDUS	BUTEO NITIDUS	PR
21	ABNKC15010	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	BUTEOGALLUS ANTHRACINUS	BUTEOGALLUS ANTHRACINUS	A
22	ABNKC15030	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	BUTEOGALLUS URUBITINGA	BUTEOGALLUS URUBITINGA	A
23	ABNKC11010	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	CIRCUS CYANEUS	CIRCUS CYANEUS	A
24	ABNKC13010	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	GERANOSPIZA CAERULESCENS	GERANOSPIZA CAERULESCENS	A
25	ABNKC10010	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS	HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS	P
26	ABNKC16010	Aves	ACCIPITRIDAE	PARABUTEO UNICINCTUS	PARABUTEO UNICINCTUS	A
27	ABNNN07020	Aves	ALCIDAE	SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS CRAVERI	SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS CRAVERI	A
28	ABNJB10110	Aves	ANATIDAE	ANAS ACUTA	ANAS ACUTA	PR
29	ABNJB10180	Aves	ANATIDAE	ANAS AMERICANA	ANAS AMERICANA	PR
30	ABNJB10130	Aves	ANATIDAE	ANAS DISCORS	ANAS DISCORS	PR
31	ABNJB03040	Aves	ANATIDAE	ANSER ALBIFRONS	ANSER ALBIFRONS	P
32	ABNJB11070	Aves	ANATIDAE	AYTHYA AFFINIS	AYTHYA AFFINIS	PR
33	ABNJB07010	Aves	ANATIDAE	CAIRINA MOSCHATA	CAIRINA MOSCHATA	P
34	ABNGA06060	Aves	ARDEIDAE	EGRETTA RUFESCENS	EGRETTA RUFESCENS	A
35	ABNGA02010	Aves	ARDEIDAE	IXOBRYCHUS EXILIS	IXOBRYCHUS EXILIS	A
36	ABNNB03070	Aves	CHARADRIIDAE	CHARADRIUS MELODUS	CHARADRIUS MELODUS	A
37	ABNNB03100	Aves	CHARADRIIDAE	CHARADRIUS MONTANUS	CHARADRIUS MONTANUS	A
38	ABNGF02010	Aves	CICONIIDAE	MYCTERIA AMERICANA	MYCTERIA AMERICANA	A
39	ABPAV04080	Aves	CORVIDAE	CYANOCORAX BEECHEII	CYANOCORAX BEECHEII	A*
40	ABPBX03030	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	DENDROICA MAGNOLIA	DENDROICA MAGNOLIA	R
41	ABPBXB9080	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	ICTERUS CUCULLATUS	ICTERUS CUCULLATUS	A
42	ABPBXB9050	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	ICTERUS WAGLERI	ICTERUS WAGLERI	A
43	ABPBXA5020	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	JUNCO HYEMALIS	JUNCO HYEMALIS	P
44	ABPBX19020	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	MYIOBORUS MINIATUS	MYIOBORUS MINIATUS	R
45	ABPBX19010	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	MYIOBORUS PICTUS	MYIOBORUS PICTUS	R
46	ABPBX99010	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS	PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS	A*
47	ABPBX10010	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS	SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS	R
48	ABPBX10030	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	SEIURUS MOTACILLA	SEIURUS MOTACILLA	R
49	ABPBX10020	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS	SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS	R
50	ABPBX01090	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	VERMIVORA LUCIAE	VERMIVORA LUCIAE	A
51	ABPBX16010	Aves	EMBERIZIDAE	WILSONIA CITRINA	WILSONIA CITRINA	A
52	ABNKD06030	Aves	FALCONIDAE	FALCO COLUMBARIUS	FALCO COLUMBARIUS	A
53	ABNKD06040	Aves	FALCONIDAE	FALCO FEMORALIS	FALCO FEMORALIS	A
54	ABNKD06070	Aves	FALCONIDAE	FALCO PEREGRINUS	FALCO PEREGRINUS	A
55	ABNKD06050	Aves	FALCONIDAE	FALCO RUFIGULARIS	FALCO RUFIGULARIS	A
56	ABPBY06110	Aves	FRINGILLIDAE	CARDUELIS TRISTIS	CARDUELIS TRISTIS	A
57	ABNDC04060	Aves	HYDROBATIDAE	OCEANODROMA MELANIA	OCEANODROMA MELANIA	A
58	ABNDC04100	Aves	HYDROBATIDAE	OCEANODROMA MICROSOMA	OCEANODROMA MICROSOMA	A
59	ABNNM03060	Aves	LARIDAE	LARUS HEERMANNI	LARUS HEERMANNI	A
60	ABNNM08100	Aves	LARIDAE	STERNA ANTILLARUM	STERNA ANTILLARUM	P
61	ABNNM08040	Aves	LARIDAE	STERNA ELEGANS	STERNA ELEGANS	A
62	ABPBK08010	Aves	MIMIDAE	MELANOTIS CAERULESCENS	MELANOTIS CAERULESCENS	A*
63	ABPBJ05020	Aves	MUSCICAPIDAE	REGULUS CALENDULA	REGULUS CALENDULA	A
64	ABNFA01020	Aves	PHAETHONTIDAE	PHAETHON AETHEREUS	PHAETHON AETHEREUS	A
65	ABNLC21020	Aves	PHASIANIDAE	COLINUS VIRGINIANUS	COLINUS VIRGINIANUS	P*
66	ABNYF13030	Aves	PICIDAE	CAMPEPHILUS GUATEMALENSIS	CAMPEPHILUS GUATEMALENSIS	R
67	ABNYF13050	Aves	PICIDAE	CAMPEPHILUS IMPERIALIS	CAMPEPHILUS IMPERIALIS	P*
68	ABNQA15090	Aves	PSITTACIDAE	AMAZONA FINSCHI	AMAZONA FINSCHI	A*
69	AANRA56030	Aves	PSITTACIDAE	ARA MILITARIS SHEFFLERI	ARA MILITARIS SHEFFLERI	P
70	ABNQA06010	Aves	PSITTACIDAE	ARATINGA HOLOCHLORA	ARATINGA HOLOCHLORA	A*
71	ABNQA08010	Aves	PSITTACIDAE	RHYNCHOPSITTA PACHYRHYNCHA	RHYNCHOPSITTA PACHYRHYNCHA	P
72	ABNME05010	Aves	RALLIDAE	RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS	RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS	P
73	ABNSB13040	Aves	STRIGIDAE	ASIO FLAMMEUS	ASIO FLAMMEUS	A
74	ABNSB05010	Aves	STRIGIDAE	BUBO VIRGINIANUS	BUBO VIRGINIANUS	A
75	ABNSB11010	Aves	STRIGIDAE	CICCABA VIRGATA	CICCABA VIRGATA	A
76	ABNSB08040	Aves	STRIGIDAE	GLAUCIDIUM BRASILIANUM	GLAUCIDIUM BRASILIANUM	A
77	ABNSB08010	Aves	STRIGIDAE	GLAUCIDIUM GNOMA	GLAUCIDIUM GNOMA	R
78	ABNSB08030	Aves	STRIGIDAE	GLAUCIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM	GLAUCIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM	R
79	ABNSB09010	Aves	STRIGIDAE	MICRATHENE WHITNEYI	MICRATHENE WHITNEYI	P
80	ABNSB01030	Aves	STRIGIDAE	OTUS ASIO	OTUS ASIO	A
81	ABNSB01080	Aves	STRIGIDAE	OTUS GUATEMALAE	OTUS GUATEMALAE	R
82	ABNSB10010	Aves	STRIGIDAE	SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA	SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA	A
83	ABNSB12010	Aves	STRIGIDAE	STRIX OCCIDENTALIS	STRIX OCCIDENTALIS LUCIDA	A
84	ABNFB01020	Aves	SULIDAE	SULA NEBOUXII	SULA NEBOUXII	A
85	ABNFB01040	Aves	SULIDAE	SULA SULA	SULA SULA	A
86	ABNUC40010	Aves	TROCHILIDAE	HELIOMASTER LONGIROSTRIS	HELIOMASTER LONGIROSTRIS	R
87	ABNWA03010	Aves	TROGONIDAE	EUPTILOTIS NEOXENUS	EUPTILOTIS NEOXENUS	A
88	ABPBW01120	Aves	VIREONIDAE	VIREO ATRICAPILLUS	VIREO ATRICAPILLUS	A
89	ABPBW01110	Aves	VIREONIDAE	VIREO BELLII	VIREO BELLII	P
90	AMALD01010	Mammalia	ANTILOCAPRIDAE	ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA	ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA SONORIENS	E P
91	AMALE04010	Mammalia	BOVIDAE	OVIS CANADENSIS	OVIS CANADENSIS	PR
92	AMAJA01030	Mammalia	CANIDAE	CANIS LUPUS	CANIS LUPUS	P
93	AMAJA03020	Mammalia	CANIDAE	VULPES MACROTIS	VULPES MACROTIS	A
94	AMAFE01010	Mammalia	CASTORIDAE	CASTOR CANADENSIS	CASTOR CANADENSIS	P
95	AMALC02010	Mammalia	CERVIDAE	ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS	ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS	A
96	LMKC002030	Mammalia	DELPHINIDAE	PHOCOENA SINUS	PHOCOENA SINUS	P*
97	AMAFJ01010	Mammalia	ERETHIZONTIDAE	ERETHIZON DORSATUM	ERETHIZON DORSATUM	P
98	AMAJH01030	Mammalia	FELIDAE	FELIS PARDALIS	FELIS PARDALIS	P
99	AMAJH01040	Mammalia	FELIDAE	FELIS WIEDII	FELIS WIEDII	P
100	AMAJH01050	Mammalia	FELIDAE	FELIS YAGUARONDI	FELIS YAGUARONDI	A
101	AMAFD03140	Mammalia	HETEROMYIDAE	DIPODOMYS MERRIAMI	DIPODOMYS MERRIAMI	A*
102	AMAEB03070	Mammalia	LEPORIDAE	LEPUS ALLENI	LEPUS ALLENI	R*
103	AMAEB03050	Mammalia	LEPORIDAE	LEPUS CALIFORNICUS	LEPUS CALIFORNICUS	R*
104	AMAFF08030	Mammalia	MURIDAE	NEOTOMA ALBIGULA	NEOTOMA ALBIGULA	A*
105	AMAFF08040	Mammalia	MURIDAE	NEOTOMA LEPIDA	NEOTOMA LEPIDA	A
106	LMUA065170	Mammalia	MURIDAE	NEOTOMA PHENAX	NEOTOMA PHENAX	R*
107	LMUA065190	Mammalia	MURIDAE	NEOTOMA VARIA	NEOTOMA VARIA	A*
108	AMAFF15010	Mammalia	MURIDAE	ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS	ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS	A
109	AMAFF01010	Mammalia	MURIDAE	ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS	ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS	A
110	LMUA083340	Mammalia	MURIDAE	PEROMYSCUS PEMBERTONI	PEROMYSCUS PEMBERTONI	P*
111	LMUA083440	Mammalia	MURIDAE	PEROMYSCUS STEPHANI	PEROMYSCUS STEPHANI	A*
112	LMJD009030	Mammalia	MUSTELIDAE	LONTRA LONGICAUDIS	LONTRA LONGICAUDIS	A
113	AMAJF04010	Mammalia	MUSTELIDAE	TAXIDEA TAXUS	TAXIDEA TAXUS	A
114	AMAJC04010	Mammalia	OTARIIDAE	ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS	ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS	PR
115	AMACB02010	Mammalia	PHYLLOSTOMIDAE	CHOERONYCTERIS MEXICANA	CHOERONYCTERIS MEXICANA	A
116	AMACB03020	Mammalia	PHYLLOSTOMIDAE	LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE	LEPTONYCTERIS SANBORNI	A
117	AMAJE01010	Mammalia	PROCYONIDAE	BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS	BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS	A*
118	AMAFB06010	Mammalia	SCIURIDAE	CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS	CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS	A
119	AMAFB09010	Mammalia	SCIURIDAE	GLAUCOMYS VOLANS	GLAUCOMYS VOLANS	A
120	AMAFB07060	Mammalia	SCIURIDAE	SCIURUS ARIZONENSIS	SCIURUS ARIZONENSIS	A
121	LMTB042170	Mammalia	SCIURIDAE	SPERMOPHILUS MADRENSIS	SPERMOPHILUS MADRENSIS	R
122	AMABA05010	Mammalia	SORICIDAE	NOTIOSOREX CRAWFORDI	NOTIOSOREX CRAWFORDI	A
123	AMAJB01010	Mammalia	URSIDAE	URSUS AMERICANUS	URSUS AMERICANUS	P
124	AMACC02010	Mammalia	VESPERTILIONIDAE	LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS	LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS	R
125	LMGQ020850	Mammalia	VESPERTILIONIDAE	MYOTIS VIVESI	MYOTIS VIVESI	R*
126	AFCJC02020	Osteichthys	CATOSTOMIDAE	CATOSTOMUS BERNARDINI	CATOSTOMUS BERNARDINI	R
127	AFCJC02040	Osteichthys	CATOSTOMIDAE	CATOSTOMUS CLARKI	CATOSTOMUS CLARKI	A
128	AFCJC02100	Osteichthys	CATOSTOMIDAE	CATOSTOMUS INSIGNIS	CATOSTOMUS INSIGNIS	plus P
129	APOCCL0330	Osteichthys	CATOSTOMIDAE	CATOSTOMUS LEOPOLDI	CATOSTOMUS LEOPOLDI	plus A
130	APOCCW0010	Osteichthys	CATOSTOMIDAE	CATOSTOMUS WIGGINSI	CATOSTOMUS WIGGINSI	SI
131	AFCJC11010	Osteichthys	CATOSTOMIDAE	XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS	XYRAUCHEN TEXANUS	SI
132	APOCPA0430	Osteichthys	CENTRARCHIDAE	POMIXIS ANNULARIS	POMOXIS ANNULARIS	NO
133	AFCQB13020	Osteichthys	CENTRARCHIDAE	POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS	POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS	SI
134	AFCJB49080	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	CYPRINELLA FORMOSA	CYPRINELLA FORMOSA	P
135	AFCJB49140	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	CYPRINELLA LUTRENSIS	CYPRINELLA LUTRENSIS	I
136	AFCJB08010	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	CYPRINUS CARPIO	CYPRINUS CARPIO	I
137	AFCJB13090	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	GILA DITAENIA	GILA DITAENIA	plus P
138	AFCJB13100	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	GILA ELEGANS	GILA ELEGANS	E
139	AFCJB13160	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	GILA INTERMEDIA	GILA INTERMEDIA	plus P
140	AFCJB13140	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	GILA PURPUREA	GILA PURPUREA	plus E
141	AFCJB13150	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	GILA ROBUSTA	GILA ROBUSTA	plus A
142	AFCJB35020	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS	PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS	+
143	APOCRO0040	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	RHYNICTHYS OSCULUS	RHYNICTHYS OSCULUS	P
144	APCTC03048	Osteichthys	CYPRINIDAE	TIAROGA COBITIS	TIAROGA COBITIS	P
145	AFCNB02060	Osteichthys	CYPRINODONTIDAE	CYPRINODON MACULARIUS	CYPRINODON MACULARIUS	plus P
146	AFCKA06030	Osteichthys	ICTALURIDAE	AMEIURUS MELAS	AMEIURUS MELAS	I
147	AFCKA01030	Osteichthys	ICTALURIDAE	ICTALURUS FURCATUS	ICTALURUS FURCATUS	I
148	AFCKA01090	Osteichthys	ICTALURIDAE	ICTALURUS PRICEI	ICTALURUS PRICEI	R*
149	AFCKA01100	Osteichthys	ICTALURIDAE	ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS	ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS	I
150	AFCKA03010	Osteichthys	ICTALURIDAE	PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS	PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS	I
151	AFCNC02010	Osteichthys	POECILIIDAE	GAMBUSIA AFFINIS	GAMBUSIA AFFINIS	I
152	AFCNC04020	Osteichthys	POECILIIDAE	POECILIA LATIPINNA	POECILIA LATIPINNA	I
153	AFCNC05020	Osteichthys	POECILIIDAE	POECILIOPSIS OCCIDENTALIS	POECILIOPSIS OCCIDENTALIS	plus A
154	AFCNC06030	Osteichthys	POECILIIDAE	XIPHOPHORUS VARIATUS	XIPHOPHORUS VARIATUS	I
155	ARACB01020	Reptilia	ANGUIDAE	ELGARIA KINGII	ELGARIA KINGII	R
156	ARACB01021	Reptilia	ANGUIDAE	ELGARIA KINGII KINGII	ELGARIA KINGII KINGII	R
157	ARACB01022	Reptilia	ANGUIDAE	ELGARIA KINGII NOBILIS	ELGARIA KINGII NOBILIS	R
158	LREG029005	Reptilia	BATAGURIDAE	RHINOCLEMMYS PULCHERRIMA	RHINOCLEMMYS PULCHERRIMA	A
159	LRDE003001	Reptilia	BOIDAE	BOA CONSTRICTOR	BOA CONSTRICTOR	A
160	ARADA02010	Reptilia	BOIDAE	LICHANURA TRIVIRGATA	LICHANURA TRIVIRGATA	A
161	ARAAA01011	Reptilia	CHELONIIDAE	CARETTA CARETTA GIGAS	CARETTA CARETTA GIGAS	P
162	ARAAA02010	Reptilia	CHELONIIDAE	CHELONIA MYDAS	CHELONIA MYDAS	P
163	ARAAA03010	Reptilia	CHELONIIDAE	ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA	ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA	P
164	ARAAA03011	Reptilia	CHELONIIDAE	ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA BISSA	ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA BISSA	P
165	ARAAA04020	Reptilia	CHELONIIDAE	LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA	LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA	P
166	ARADB04010	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	CHILOMENISCUS CINCTUS	CHILOMENISCUS CINCTUS	R
167	LRDF043004	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	CHILOMENISCUS STRAMINEUS	CHILOMENISCUS STRAMINEUS	R*
168	ARADB16020	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	GYALOPION QUADRANGULARE	GYALOPION QUADRANGULARE	R*
169	ARADB17010	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	HETERODON NASICUS	HETERODON NASICUS	R
170	ARADB18010	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA	HYPSIGLENA TORQUATA	R
171	LRDF133002	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	IMANTODES GEMMISTRATUS	IMANTODES GEMMISTRATUS	R
172	ARADB19020	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	LAMPROPELTIS GETULA	LAMPROPELTIS GETULA	A
173	ARADB19021	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	LAMPROPELTIS GETULA CALIFORNIAE	LAMPROPELTIS GETULA CALIFORNIAE	A
174	ARADB19022	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	LAMPROPELTIS GETULA NIGRITUS	LAMPROPELTIS GETULA NIGRITUS	A
175	ARADB19023	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	LAMPROPELTIS GETULA SPLENDIDA	LAMPROPELTIS GETULA SPLENDIDA	A
176	ARADB19040	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	LAMPROPELTIS PYROMELANA	LAMPROPELTIS PYROMELANA	A
177	ARADB19050	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM	LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM	A
178	LRDF140004	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	LEPTOPHIS DIPLOTROPIS	LEPTOPHIS DIPLOTROPIS	A*
179	ARCMF00001	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	MASTICOPHIS FLAGELLUM	MASTICOPHIS FLAGELLUM	A
180	ARADB21021	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	MASTICOPHIS FLAGELLUM CINGULUM	MASTICOPHIS FLAGELLUM CINGULUM	A
181	ARADB21022	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	MASTICOPHIS FLAGELLUM PICEUS	MASTICOPHIS FLAGELLUM PICEUS	A
182	ARADB35010	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	TANTILLA ATRICEPS	TANTILLA ATRICEPS	A
183	ARADB36060	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	THAMNOPHIS EQUES	THAMNOPHIS EQUES	A
184	ARADB36070	Reptilia	COLUBRIDAE	THAMNOPHIS MARCIANUS	THAMNOPHIS MARCIANUS	A
185	LRDG001001	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	AGKISTRODON BILINEATUS	AGKISTRODON BILINEATUS	A
186	ARADE02020	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS ATROX	CROTALUS ATROX	PR
187	LRDG004003	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS BASILISCUS	CROTALUS BASILISCUS	PR*
188	ARADE02030	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS CERASTES	CROTALUS CERASTES	PR
189	ARADE02050	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS LEPIDUS	CROTALUS LEPIDUS	PR
190	ARADE02060	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS MITCHELLI	CROTALUS MITCHELLI	PR
191	ARADE02070	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS MOLOSSUS	CROTALUS MOLOSSUS	PR
192	ARADE02080	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS PRICEI	CROTALUS PRICEI	PR
193	ARCCS00001	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS SCUTULATUS	CROTALUS SCUTULATUS	PR
194	ARADE02110	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS TIGRIS	CROTALUS TIGRIS	PR
195	ARADE02130	Reptilia	CROTALIDAE	CROTALUS WILLARDI	CROTALUS WILLARDI	PR
196	ARACF04020	Reptilia	CROTAPHYTIDAE	CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS	CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS	A
197	LRCK024002	Reptilia	CROTAPHYTIDAE	GAMBELIA WISLIZENI	GAMBELIA WISLIZENI	R
198	ARDDC00001	Reptilia	DERMOCHELYDAE	DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA	DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA	P
199	ARADC01010	Reptilia	ELAPIDAE	MICRUROIDES EURYXANTHUS	MICRUROIDES EURYXANTHUS	A
200	ARADC01012	Reptilia	ELAPIDAE	MICRUROIDES EURYXANTHUS AUSTRALIS	MICRUROIDES EURYXANTHUS AUSTRAL	IS A
201	ARADC01011	Reptilia	ELAPIDAE	MICRUROIDES EURYXANTHUS EURYXANTHUS	MICRUROIDES EURYXANTHUS EURYXAN	THUS A
202	LRDH028016	Reptilia	ELAPIDAE	MICRURUS DISTANS	MICRURUS DISTANS	R*
203	LREG032003	Reptilia	EMYDIDAE	TERRAPENE NELSONI	TERRAPENE NELSONI	PR*
204	ARAAD08020	Reptilia	EMYDIDAE	TERRAPENE ORNATA	TERRAPENE ORNATA	PR
205	ARAAD09010	Reptilia	EMYDIDAE	TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA	TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA	PR
206	ARACD01030	Reptilia	EUBLEPHARIDAE	COLEONYX VARIEGATUS	COLEONYX VARIEGATUS	R
207	ARACD01031	Reptilia	EUBLEPHARIDAE	COLEONYX VARIEGATUS SONORIENSIS	COLEONYX VARIEGATUS SONORIENSIS	R
208	ARACD01032	Reptilia	EUBLEPHARIDAE	COLEONYX VARIEGATUS VARIEGATUS	COLEONYX VARIEGATUS VARIEGATUS	R
209	LRCH069021	Reptilia	GEKKONIDAE	PHYLLODACTYLUS HOMOLEPIDURUS	PHYLLODACTYLUS HOMOLEPIDURUS	R*
210	ARACD04010	Reptilia	GEKKONIDAE	PHYLLODACTYLUS XANTI	PHYLLODACTYLUS XANTI	R
211	ARACD04011	Reptilia	GEKKONIDAE	PHYLLODACTYLUS XANTI ESTEBANENSIS	PHYLLODACTYLUS XANTI ESTEBANENS	IS R
212	LRCJ001001	Reptilia	HELODERMATIDAE	HELODERMA HORRIDUM	HELODERMA HORRIDUM	A*
213	ARACE01010	Reptilia	HELODERMATIDAE	HELODERMA SUSPECTUM	HELODERMA SUSPECTUM	A
214	ARICH00001	Reptilia	IGUANIDAE	CTENOSAURA HEMILOPHA	CTENOSAURA HEMILOPHA	PR*
215	ARACF13010	Reptilia	IGUANIDAE	SAUROMALUS OBESUS	SAUROMALUS OBESUS	A*
216	LRCK045007	Reptilia	IGUANIDAE	SAUROMALUS VARIUS	SAUROMALUS VARIUS	A*
217	ARKKA00001	Reptilia	KINOSTERNIDAE	KINOSTERNON ALAMOSAE	KINOSTERNON ALAMOSAE	PR*
218	LREH002010	Reptilia	KINOSTERNIDAE	KINOSTERNON INTEGRUM	KINOSTERNON INTEGRUM	PR
219	ARKKS00001	Reptilia	KINOSTERNIDAE	KINOSTERNON SONORIENSE	KINOSTERNON SONORIENSE	R*
220	ARACF02010	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	CALLISAURUS DRACONOIDES	CALLISAURUS DRACONOIDES	A
221	ARACF03010	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	COPHOSAURUS TEXANUS	COPHOSAURUS TEXANUS	A
222	ARACF12010	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM	PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM	A*
223	LRCK037006	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	PHRYNOSOMA DITMARSI	PHRYNOSOMA DITMARSI	A*
224	ARACF12040	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	PHRYNOSOMA MCALLII	PHRYNOSOMA MCALLII	A*
225	ARACF14040	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	SCELOPORUS GRAMMICUS	SCELOPORUS GRAMMICUS	R
226	ARACF15020	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	UMA NOTATA	UMA NOTATA	A
227	LRCK056003	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	UTA NOLASCENSIS	UTA NOLASCENSIS	A*
228	LRCK056004	Reptilia	PHRYNOSOMATIDAE	UTA PALMERI	UTA PALMERI	A*
229	LRCP028030	Reptilia	SCINCIDAE	EUMECES PARVIAURICULATUS	EUMECES PARVIAURICULATUS	R*
230	ARTCB00001	Reptilia	TEIIDAE	CNEMIDOPHORUS BACATUS	CNEMIDOPHORUS BACATUS	R*
231	ARTCE00001	Reptilia	TEIIDAE	CNEMIDOPHORUS ESTEBANENSIS	CNEMIDOPHORUS ESTEBANENSIS	R*
232	ARTCM00001	Reptilia	TEIIDAE	CNEMIDOPHORUS MARTYRIS	CNEMIDOPHORUS MARTYRIS	R*
233	LRCQ010026	Reptilia	TEIIDAE	CNEMIDOPHORUS TIGRIS GRACILIS	CNEMIDOPHORUS TIGRIS GRACILIS	R*
234	ARAAF01010	Reptilia	TESTUDINIDAE	XEROBATES AGASSIZI	XEROBATES AGASSIZI	A
235	ARAAG01030	Reptilia	TRIONYCHIDAE	APALONE SPINIFERA	APALONE SPINIFERA	PR*
236	ARAAG01031	Reptilia	TRIONYCHIDAE	APALONE SPINIFERA EMORYI	APALONE SPINIFERA EMORYI	PR*

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The Role of Landowners in Jaguar Conservation in Sonora, Mexico - 2010 - OCTAVIO C. ROSAS-ROSAS AND RAUL VALDEZ

Submitted by desierto on Sat, 2010-03-06 14:30

Abstract: The northernmost known breeding population of jaguars occurs in the municipality of Na ́cori Chico, Sonora, Mexico about 270 km from the United States–Mexico border and may be the source from which jaguars sighted in the United States dispersed. Since 1999 at least 11 jaguars ( Panthera onca) had been illegally killed in the area due to predator control programs. We initiated a jaguar landowner-based conservation plan in 2004. The eight participating landowners agreed to suspend predator control programs targeting jaguars and pumas (Puma concolor) only if cattle losses were compensated. A private outfitter, with the consent of landowners, initiated white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) hunts in 2004 and agreed to pay the group of participating landowners US$1500 for every deer hunt permit sold. The funds paid to the landowners from deer hunts were sufficient to convince landowners to suspend all predator-control efforts of jaguars and pumas. The involvement of landowners in the jaguar conservation program in northeastern Sonora is a successful, private, wildlife-conservation initiative that provides an example for jaguar conservation efforts in northern Mexico.

Mexico to Place 5 Mexican Grey Wolves near Arizona

Submitted by desierto on Tue, 2010-03-02 11:00

Mexican Grey Wolf (©Robin Silver)"The government of Mexico is planning to reintroduce five endangered Mexican gray wolves in northeastern Sonora - within a wolf's walking distance of Arizona.

The reintroduction, scheduled to occur as early as this month, has forced U.S. state and federal agencies to scramble. Their problem is to figure out what to do if a wolf wanders north into the United States."

Read the full article in AZ Daily Star - Mexico to place 5 wolves near AZ

Here is a release from the AZ Game and Fish Dept.:

Mexico has announced its intent to release captive Mexican wolves, perhaps as early as October-November 2009, in northern Mexico (in eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua). On August 7, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will brief the Commission on how this project has been developed and on the potential for post-release dispersal into southern Arizona and New Mexico. The Service will also address other issues pertaining to wolves that disperse from Mexico into the AZ-NM borderlands, including: their legal (protected) status under federal law; how they will be detected, monitored, and managed; how reports of nuisance and livestock depredation incidents will be investigated; how impacts on big game populations will be detected and mitigated; how nuisance and depredating wolves will be managed; how proactive interdiction, incentive, and compensation measures will be funded and administered; and how outreach will be handled to make stakeholders and interested parties in southern Arizona and New Mexico and the general public aware of the project and the ramifications of post-release dispersal from Mexico into the United States.