New photo of same Ocelot in Huachuca Mountains

Ocelot in Huachuca Mountains May 2011Today a new photo from May 26th, 2011 of an Ocelot in the Huachuca Mountains was released by the AZ Game and Fish Dept. The photo was given to AZGFD by two hunters who had set up an automated trail camera. The press release (attached here) says AZGFD will show the photo to biologists to determine if it is the same individual photographed on Feb. 8 of 2011.

After looking over the photos for a few minutes it is becomes very apparent that the feline records are from the same individual. This is is very cool news for people who care about the regions fauna. With a minimum of almost 4 months in the range, this Ocelot seems to have taken up residence in the Huachuca Mountains.

See this image with photos from the 2 separate encounter pasted together with colored circles indicated duplicated patterns on the left foreleg of this cat.

Full sized image here.