JaguaRS
- Tracking and monitoring jaguars of Costa Rica over time and space
- Identifying and documenting each individual detected
- Connecting with companies worldwide to protect America's greatest wildcat
Jaguars
As the largest wildcat in the American continent, the jaguar (Panthera onca) spends most of its time hidden in the heart of the tropical rainforest. Rare and endangered, only a few individuals remain on the Osa Peninsula. As an APEX predator it sits on top of the food chain, playing a role of regulator preventing the proliferation of its preys and thus maintaining the balance of the ecosystem. Furthermore, it is an “umbrella species”, which means that its needs includes those of many other species. Since its development requires a perfectly healthy environment, protecting the jaguar means protecting the entire ecosystem of which it is part.
Jaguars POPULATIONS
Threats
Poaching
- Skin, canines and organs trade
- Resale to collectors
- Livestock protection
- Sport hunting
- Poaching of their prey
Deforestation
- Agriculture
- Breeding
- Urbanization
- Rare woods illegal trade
genetic
impairment
- Geographic isolation
- Decreasing population
- Inbreeding
Camera traps
Equipped with motion sensors, these cameras capture wildlife day and night in high definition. Installed in the jungle, they allow exceptional observations. Already deployed deep in the rainforests of the Osa Peninsula and the cordillera de Talamanca Mountain Range, these devices are producing remarkable results through Tico’s Wild Studio.
Thus, the data generated allows us to estimate the number of jaguars, their sex, their areas of movement, as well as to observe little/undocumented behaviors, the abundance of prey, or even to discover new species. These data are shared with the Ministry of the Environment, the biologists and the researchers concerned.
How it works
1. Tracking
Exploration of remote areas and selection of strategic locations, ensuring the absence of poachers or gold diggers.
2. Installation
Preparation of the site, installation of the camera trap, generally fixed to a tree and oriented on a wildlife crossing point.
3. Image collection
Recording and analysis of images, changing of batteries and memory cards.
IDENTIFYING JAGUARS
Spots recognition:Comparison of the spots arrangements and shapes which are specific to the coat of each jaguar.
Life marks recognition: Broken tail, cut ear, missing limb, punctured eye, scar, handicap, specific coloration, etc.
Genetic recognition: Feces and hair collection in the field as well as blood or saliva analysis when an individual is captured.
ROSETTES: A jaguar's UNIQUE ID PATTERN
Our jags
Negro
Panatico
Female 7
Lupo
Male 8
Female 6
El Renco
Male 11
Encanto
Leonidas
Tala
Female 5
Don Jag
Nubosa
Lwazo
Evander
Lada
Cub 1
Cub 2
Shāhdosa
Tico
La Quinta
Rüka
Scientific contributions
