[Aztlan] jaguars in the Basin of Mexico

[D. M. Urquidi]

Folks:

THe only reason I would disagree with Richard Diehl is that Montezuma, like most rulers around the world, had a zoo, and in that zoo, he, in the basin, probably had one or more of the animals in question. 

Dea

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--- On Sun, 7/27/08, Diehl, Richard <rdiehl at as.ua.edu> wrote:

> From: Diehl, Richard <rdiehl at as.ua.edu>

> In response to Travis's question, I do not know of any
> evidence to
> support the idea that jaguars inhabited the Basin of Mexico
> at any time
> in the past. I have always assumed it was too high, cold,
> and too
> prey-deficient to host permanent large cat populations; but
> I am not an
> expert. They range in far northern Mexico and into Arizona
> so perhaps
> they may have found a home in the Basin. Ac