Cerrado Jaguar

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@Balam It barely crosses my mind jaguars are still a thing in Goias, I guess I must have heard of some jaguars here and there but as far as I remember they were pretty small to a point the last "jaguar" spotted in Brasilia a few months ago was actually a big domestic cat.

From your chart I can see there's a jaguar from a city/region in Goias which is a neighbor to the neighbor of a city I kinda have to visit to do some business, would you know if is there such a thing as jaguar sightseeing or safari in Goias? I've never seen any jaguar or hog anywhere in Goias despite visiting, walking, riding and driving for countless hours through the state and its cerrado throughout all my life. When I look at the cerrado here I find very unlikely it's able to sustain a jaguar population, never mind big jaguars, it looks so lackluster in prey, cattle aside you can ride for hours and hours though the roads with the cerrado at your left and right and never see any potential prey, so knowing there are big jaguars so close to me is a huge surprise.

My older family members have even much more experience in that having grown up in the cerrado decades ago when they migrated from Minas Gerais ( the state bordering most of Goias ) eventually settling in the country's capital which is where I'm from ( the capital is kinda inside/"part" of Goias ) when there were much more wildlife and they have also never seen any jaguar, hell my uncle insists he has seen a werewolf once, but no jaguar.

If it's possible to see jaguars in Goias I'd give it some thought since even the region in your chart is just a few driving hours from the capital. Reply