Jaguar Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) presumably feeding on Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818) (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) at Aros and Yaqui rivers, Sonora, Mexico

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Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1156-6037

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Despite the abundant literature on the feeding preferences of the Jaguar Panthera onca throughout its range in America, few studies report fish consumed as prey by Jaguars. This paper reports two accounts of Jaguars presumably feeding on the introduced Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris at the Aros and Yaqui rivers in Sonora, northwestern Mexico.

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