Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars

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94 kg Guasú Atlantic Forest male and about the accident when he was unfortunately ran over by a Truck in Misiones.

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July 2014

Proyecto Yaguareté

''WE LOST ANOTHER YAGUARETÉ IN MISIONES, AGAIN A ROAD KILL.''

''This Monday July 21st around 2 pm a truck of the company Viana y Viana Transporte y Logística ran over and killed a jaguar on Provincial Route 19, 2 km from the Uruzú detachment inside the Uruguaí Provincial Park.

This jaguar was an old acquaintance of our Project, it was recorded by our camera traps for the first time in 2010 in the Iguaçú National Park and we had named it Guasú. His territory covered the south of the Iguaçú National Park, the San Jorge Forest Reserve and part of the Uruguaí Provincial Park. Guasú was a 94 kg adult male in excellent health and in full reproductive age.

Currently there are about 50 adult jaguars left in the entire Misiones Green Corridor. This male is the third jaguar to be run over in the last two years in northern Misiones which is a huge loss for the critically endangered population of the species. Although in the last year some measures have been taken to reduce the number of road killings in Misiones, it is evident that they are neither effective nor sufficient and they are not being implemented with the urgency that the case deserves.''

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Transport Truck that ran over the 94 kg Atlantic Forest male Jaguar.

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''Map made by the Provincial Park Rangers showing the hit and run points and the route of the truck. We congratulate the Park Rangers for their commitment and work.''

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''Researchers from the Yaguarete Project performing a necropsy for the study of diseases in the roadkill jaguar.''

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''Taking measurements of the dead Jaguar.''

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''First record of Guasú in Iguaçú National Park in 2010.''

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''Last record of Guasú with our camera-trap on July 6, 2014, in the San Jorge Forest Reserve that connects the Iguaçú National Park with the Uruguai Provincial Park where he was run over.''

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