Fun fact: the Jaguar (Jaguarius onca) is split into four valid subspecies: the North American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), the Central American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca centralis), the Amazon Jaguar (Jaguarius onca onca), and the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), the jaguars in northern Mexico and possibly Arizona are the last surviving populations of the north american jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), thus making the north american jaguar a living fossil.
@alsouza8284, actually, the Jaguar (Jaguarius onca) is split into four valid subspecies: the North American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), the Central American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca centralis), the Amazon Jaguar (Jaguarius onca onca), and the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), the jaguars in northern Mexico and possibly Arizona are the last remaining populations of Jaguarius onca angustus, thus making it a living fossil and the extinct patagonian jaguar is actually a fossil population of the andean jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus).
@TheChadGilgamesh6901, actually, the patagonian jaguar is a fossil population of the andean jaguar, therefore Jaguarius onca mesembrinus is a junior synonym of Jaguarius onca peruvianus.
Now I would like to point out that i’m not a scientist, i’m just a dude with a lot of free time to read scientific papers. But i’m going to be honest I don’t think the current prey-base in Yellowstone is enough to support jaguars. Its true that jaguars ranged a lot farther north into North America during the Pleistocene, with records in Maryland, Washington and even Port Kennedy cave in Pennsylvania, but we also have to remember that there was effectively more prey during those times as well. Preferred prey species of jaguars today are capybara & giant anteaters, and the counterparts to those during the Middle & Late Pleistocene would be giant beavers, another kind of larger capybara being Neochoerus and then the 4 species of ground sloths. Peccaries are also locally important prey for jaguars despite apparently not being preferred and we had North American peccaries. As said in the video: the most viable prey for them are the mule deer, but they’d have to specialize in it practically, and that would throw them in close competition with pumas who were here first and are probably better deer-predators, meaning jaguars would hypothetically struggle to move into that niche, and even if they could it’d be pretty difficult for them to establish healthy populations in the Yellowstone region if that’s all they’re consuming. They’d probably wouldn’t be able to heavily take on pronghorns just because they are far too fast and they would probably avoid elk & bison as they are too large. Beavers are too small to make an effective replacement for capybara in the region too. Really, if you want jaguars to do well in Yellowstone, you’d probably have to release feral hogs into the park as well, and they already documented frequently predating the non-native pigs in South America.
Paleoecologist here. Jaguars ranged as far north as Southern Canada during the late Pleistocene, with fossil remains known from the Great Lakes. Remember, jaguars arrived in the Americas during the mid Pleistocene, dispersing from Eurasia via Beringia, so they spread north to south originally and were likely present in all suitable habitats in North and South America during the Pleistocene. This also indicates cold tolerance (known from South American animals in the far south too), and an ability to succesfully occupy open habitats. Not finding a sub-fossil record of them in a region doesn't necessarily mean they didn't occur there, nor does it mean they wouldn't disperse there naturally today if freed from the pressures of humanity.
@KonnorHermann thre only 45- 60 cougars in yellowstone In the past was more cougars in yellowstone. Big cats of yellowstone before 12,000 years ago was : jaguars ,American lion,smilodon. 80% - 90% of large animals was extinct before 12,000 years ago because of large disaster .
Yeah, I did read somewhere that jaguar remains were found fossilized in Maryland or Delaware? Somewhere far north. But again, the east coast is slightly different, weather wise, than Wyoming or Yellowstone. I’m not saying it couldn’t work, but even today, with rising temperatures and changing weather, I think Wyoming would be far too cold for jaguars… even if you look at existing jaguar populations in South America, they don’t range south into Chile, and if they are in the country, it’s limited to the northern Atacama region. We don’t see them in Patagonia, the realm of the puma. Jaguars are king of the Pantanal however, and in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia… while I agree they’re adaptable, to an extent, they’re not nearly as resilient as pumas. With regards to climatic conditions. Pumas can be found in every mainland North, Central, and South American country. They live in snow, in jungle, cities, beaches, deserts, cliffs, caves, forests, plains, swamps, and more. A better alternative may be to foster the existing puma (cougar) populations in Yellowstone, and everywhere else too. And being back the California condor, which once lived everywhere in the US, cleaning up megafauna carcasses. The pumas though, they’re already here, but they’re legally a certain amount each season. Why? Do people really eat them? That’s so gross. Or simply stuff them for decoration? Weird, waste of a life. Anyway. If we could stop killing them and actually provided them with better prey opportunities and habitat, pumas could be the answer.
To be fair, jaguars did actually live throughout North America historically! But the existing jaguars aren’t cold adapted anyway but live from California to Florida just 150 years ago
Why cut to pictures of cheetahs? It's supposed to be about jaguars. Either poorly researched' or deliberately using inappropriate illustrations in the hope that no one will notice.
The interact with cougars and black bears in Nuevo Leon MX, Sonora MX and other regions of northern Mexico. Now that there is a wolf pair in the Sky Island region of southern Arizona along with a couple of male jaguars there, not to mention a healthy population of cougars.
@LiterallyOverTheHillAdventures the cougars in colder states up north are a bit bigger than the South American puma. Black bears are docile for the most part. It's the interactions with big brown bears I'm really curious about
@@wolfpackpete6408 Up until the 2nd half of the 20th century they dealt with Mexican Grizzly Bears and there are some decent sized mountain lions in Sonora and Nuevo Leon which both have a breeding population of jaguars. There is an old episode of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom that was filmed in northern Sonora MX and it has a fight between a cougar and a smaller female Jaguar in it. I think the Episode is called "The Land of the Jaguar" or something along that line. More people are mauled by black bears than grizzly bears in the US, or that was the case year I was living in Alaska.
@20cs65 once things settled, you're probably right. Initially it would be strange... the jaguar in South America has been the unchallenged apex predator for a very long time - pumas/cougars are not a match for jaguars. There would be interesting confrontations until they got used to suddenly living around bears. Jaguars did live around bears in old times North America, and the extinct European Jaguars also crossed paths with cave lions. But I don't know if those extinct jaguars were as hulked up as the South American jaguars of today.
While this is true, jaguars are not currently what they were during the Pleistocene and would not be able to survive the extreme weather. The Pleistocene Jaguar most likely had thick fur coats to protect it from the relentless cold. This is something current Jaguars lack. Jaguars have no experience in high elevation territories and prefer lowland forests but in North America they will suffice for deserts and valleys. On top of this, Yellowstone already has a feline apex predator, the mountain lion. The mountain lion is perfectly adapted for life here and has a thick coat for the winters. And there has already been a solution to keep the population of deer and elk in place, the reintroduction of wolves. While Yellowstone is too far north, I do support the idea of reintroducing jaguars to the southern united states as a few jaguars have crossed the border over the past few years and shown they can help balance the ecosystem there and survive.
In case you should know, the jaguars in northern Mexico and possibly Arizona are the only surviving populations of the north american jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), which makes it a living fossil.
@@indyreno2933 Yes indeed but It is most likely that jaguars would not be able to survive in any climate beyond southern Utah and Colorado. On top of this the Pleistocene Jaguar, Panthera Onca Augusta, was larger then current North American Jaguars and had a better chance of survival in the cold.
@SebastianAlmeida-Hall-m6l, actually, all jaguars in North America belong to Jaguarius onca augustus, so technically, this subspecies still exists in Mexico and possibly Arizona, thus making it a living fossil, in case you should know, there are now only four valid jaguar subspecies: the North American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), the Central American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca centralis), the Amazon Jaguar (Jaguarius onca onca), and the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), the so-called "patagonian panther" is actually a fossil population of the andean jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), in fact, the only true panther is the leopard (Panthera pardus) whereas all other cats are not panthers.
@@indyreno2933 The North American Jaguar you are referring to, (Panthera Onca Augustus), is extinct and is also known as the Cave Jaguar as it was very common during the Pleistocene Era. Currently, no subceis of Jaguar is extant due to the fact that their DNA is too similar. While there may be a difference in size and the size of their rosettes or any difference in their physical form, they are too closely related to be a subspecies.
@SabasrianAlmeida-Hall-m6l, the jaguar originated exclusively from North America, therefore there are now only four valid jaguar subspecies: the North American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca augustus), the Central American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca centralis), the Amazon Jaguar (Jaguarius onca onca), and the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), Jaguarius onca angustus is a living fossil with very few remaining populations in Mexico and possibly Arizona and Jaguarius onca mesembrinus is a junior synonym of Jaguarius once peruvianus because the patagonian jaguar is a fossil population of the andean jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), therefore all four jaguar subspecies are extant, they are all distinct from each other phylogenetically.
Yo pienso de que si introducen rinoceronte de sumatra en selvas tropicales de Sudamérica dispersaria semillas y diversificado genética mente y también ayudaría la conservación del rinoceronte de sumatra
Aunque beneficiaria, no seria nada natural ya que el rinoceronte de sumatra estuvo presente en sur de china e indochina y este de india. En America que se sepa no llegaron a tener especies de rinocerontes. Lo que se deberia hacer es, cuando haya una población estable, con programas de reproducción ex-situ, reintroducirlos a la Asia continental. En sudamerica veria quizá una introducción de elefantes de borneo en sustitución de los mastodontes que hubieron.
Wouldn't the jaguar get too cold in the snowy winters of Yellowstone National Park? I mean, the wolves and coyotes have thicker fur to cope with the winters, while the jaguar has a thinner coat to cope with the hot climates of the South American rainforests.
Jaguars live in high areas in South America such as the Andes where there is snow, and in the winter there is snow in northern Mexico and in the south of the United States there is also snow in the winter. All the big cats have winter fur and this includes the jaguars and they will be able to live in Yellowstone and survive.
@@alsouza8284 Jaguars they were all over North America they were extinct due to humans hunting them and climate change caused by a disaster 10 thousand years ago The great probability that every megafauna extinction is because of a disaster that happened 10 thousand years ago that caused extinction in Europe and North America, South America, Australia and Central Asia.
@@Rewildingthefuturejaguars don’t live in high altitudes in the Andes, it’s part of the reason pumas in that region are larger, and why spectacled bears are restricted to that region. Temperatures in norther Mexico and Arizona don’t get nearly as cold as the Rockies.
Una pregunta podría ser posible de introduccir rinoceronte de sumatra a Sudamérica como un remplazo al extinto toxodon, podrías a ser un video de eso 😅❤❤❤
Jaguars they were all over North America they were extinct due to humans hunting them and climate change caused by a disaster 10 thousand years ago. The great probability that every megafauna extinction is because of a disaster that happened 10 thousand years ago that caused extinction in Europe and North America, South America, Australia and Central Asia.
Actually no, their range only extended slightly inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Yes they had a greater range in North America than they did today but they definitely weren’t “all over North America” and definitely didn’t live in Yellowstone.
@@DanielSmith-x5v the Pleistocene jaguar (Panthera onca augusta) once roamed North America, including the Yellowstone region. During the Pleistocene epoch (around 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago), jaguars inhabited a range much larger than their current distribution, extending from South America all the way into parts of North America, including the southwestern U.S. and areas like what is now Yellowstone National Park. These ancient jaguars were larger than their modern counterparts, likely adapted to the colder climate and larger prey of the time. The region around Yellowstone was home to a variety of megafauna, like mammoths and giant ground sloths, and the Pleistocene jaguar would have been part of this ecosystem as a formidable predator.
@@Rewildingthefuture In the late Pleistocene the modern jaguar only inhabited the range I outlined. The Pleistocene jaguar is a relic of a significantly distant past and is irrelevant to contemporary environments. The only logical Jaguar range expansions is in the areas I outlined. This is coming from someone who works in the field of biology.
@@DanielSmith-x5v You are right, there are different species of jaguar, first the modern jaguar should be returned to the southern United States such as Arizona, Texas, California, New Mexico. I will also make a video about it in the future. Simply, in this video I gave an example of what it would be like to return Jaguar to a certain area and Yellowstone is an example.
We are no longer in the Pleistocene. I think caution and study has to be done before jumping on the rewinding wagon in some areas. Yellowstone has achieved a balance with the intro of grey wolves. I can understand jaguar reintroduction into the lower western States as they were until recent part of that ecology.
Current evidence shows Jaguar range never extended that far in recent history. This would be a foreign introduction of a non-native species. On top of the unbearable music the content was unbearable speculation of a devastating ecological catastrophe. Btw it would be a miracle if they even returned to a tiny area of Arizona which is actually in their native range.
Look Maybe you Should Think how Jaguars even got in north and south america bro They evolved in europe and Made the journey over Beringia and today only those in South America have survived so Watch more animal history About felidea..
@@shawnalexandre7897 They came 1.5 million years ago! They are not native any more. They wouldn’t be native after 10,000 years much less over a million. We are not engineers of environments extinction and evolution are. We don’t decide what gets to go where, introductions are based on fixing our recent mistakes and human caused extinctions.
The oldest fossil jaguar(Panthera onca) was in North America not Europe as the European Jaguar is no longer thought to be a subspecies but rather it own species (Panthera gombaszoegensis) and in fact a paper “Chatar et al 2022” found that it was a sister taxon to (Panthera tigris) the paper even concludes that stem-tigers evolved in Europe, casting doubt on the idea that tigers evolved in Asia. While the oldest fossils of jaguars are in North America represented by (Panthera onca augusta) this subspecies went extinct by around 20,000 years ago while the historical range of the modern jaguar( Panthera onca onca) only extends as far north as Grand Canyon in Arizona and the northern Rio Grande in New Mexico. So I doubt the modern jaguar would do well in winter as far north as Wyoming. As for if it’s ethical I don’t think so. Putting the animals welfare aside North American horses went extinct around 10,000 years ago and yet the modern horses dose find in some places while in others places they are actually a negative to the environment in North America and considering the jaguar went extinct sooner than the horses the environment is probably less use to having a larger Panthera cat in its environment especially with loss in fauna diversity North America experience and pumas seem to have larger ambush predator niche down just fine so there isn’t even a need to introduce a jaguar anyways.
In this video it is about the possibility of Jaguar Rewilding in Yellowstone and how to return jaguars to the wild in Yellowstone and in addition there is a story about a scenario in which it is described about the return of a male jaguar to the wild in Yellowstone. I hope you enjoyed and I will be happy for the comments.
In the case of Yellowstone a more complete set of big herbivores would be the next step. Horses, camelids (guanacos and/or bactrian camels), feral pigs (mylohyus/platygonus proxies) maybe even mountain tapirs would add new mouths and new guts to add diversity to the landscape. They would also add new eyes, ears abd noses to make predation more of a challenge at the same time as increasing the carring capacity of the land. Adding more predators to Yellowstone would make more sense after that.
The next episode is about rewilding camels to North America ,there a population of feral llama in north america. And probably in the next day or two I will upload another video about rewilding cheetah in The Great Plains like i did with Jaguar in Yellowstone
@itayperlman139, camels (family Camelidae) are constituted by six extant species under four genera based solely on morphology, the six extant camel species are the Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), the Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), the Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), the Llama (Lama glama), the Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), and the Bactrian Camel (Oreocamelus bactrianus).
Jaguars live in high areas in South America such as the Andes where there is snow, and in the winter there is snow in northern Mexico and in the south of the United States there is also snow in the winter. All the big cats have winter fur and this includes the jaguars and they will be able to live in Yellowstone and survive
In our wild future the descent of the jaguar called the jaginteron a giant American fanged cat that equal or surpass some of our biggest cats in our prehistory
They defiantly used to live abundantly in California, New Mexico and Arizona. But Idaho, I don't believe they are adapted to winters up here? I'm from California and currently live in Idaho and I certainly can barely survive up here 😂
It is really cool to think about how they would interact with more of the North American Wildlife. Check out the California Adventure Exhibit at the Oakland Zoo. Its fantastic
Probably not ever a good idea. North American cheetah wasn’t a real cheetah and isn’t related to the Asian or African cheetahs. We also have a sliver of the pronghorn population that existed even 150 years ago.
In case everyone should know, even if it has nothing to do with this video, aurochsen (genus Bos) are the only cattle genus that is extinct in the wild and the modern aurochs is actually two separate species: the Paleotropical Aurochs (Bos namadicus (cladistically including the Zebu (Bos namadicus indicus) and the Sanga (Bos namadicus africanus))) and the Palearctic Aurochs (Bos primigenius (cladistically including the Taurine Ox (Bos primigenius taurus) and Mandarin Ox (Bos primigenius mandarinus))), similarly hartebeests are now officially two separate species: the Northern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) and the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama).
Jaguars live in high areas in South America such as the Andes where there is snow, and in the winter there is snow in northern Mexico and in the south of the United States there is also snow in the winter. All the big cats have winter fur and this includes the jaguars and they will be able to live in Yellowstone and survive.
I think we should do rewilding in North America with Rhinos! Because believe it or not rhinos actually used to live in North America as recently as 4 million years ago.
Not anymore, the Panthera genus is paraphyletic to the bohebaos (genus Neofelis), based on here, the tiger (Uncia tigris), ounce (Uncia uncia), and jaguar (Jaguarius onca) along with extinct species such as the cave lion (Uncia spelaea), bakr's cat (Uncia dhokpathensis), tibetan jaguar (Uncia blytheae), east asian lion (Sinailurus youngi), longdan tiger (Sinailurus zdanskyi), chinese jaguar (Sinailurus palaeosinensis), american lion (Jaguarius atrox), and yucatan leopard (Jaguarius balamoides) are all more closely related to the northern bohebao (Neofelis nebulosa) and southern bohebao (Neofelis diardi) than they are to the extant leopard (Panthera pardus) and lion (Panthera leo) and extinct royal cat (Panthera principialis), african jaguar (Panthera shawi), and european jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) just like how both straight-tusked elephants (genus Palaeoloxodon) and asiatic elephants (genus Elephas) are more closely related to mammoths (genus Mammuthus) than they are to african elephants (genus Loxodonta).
Actually, the Neofelis genus diverged from the Panthera genus 8 million years ago. While most of what you said is true, you lack your own explanation on why they should be given the specific names Uncia and Jaguarius. While the your observation on elephants is correct, the Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard, and Snow Leopard are all closely related and in the same Genus unlike the elephant situation you described. This is just like the Genus Ovis, as the Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis), is directly related to the Dahls Sheep (Ovis Dalli). You got other scientific names wrong too. The tigers is, (Panthera Tigris). I'm pretty sure the animal you called (Uncia Uncia), you were referring to the snow leopard, (Panthera Uncia). And much more. Pretty much everything you called Uncia and Jaguirus should have been replaced with Panthera. Even a quick google search will show you that all of these name should have been replaced with Panthera.
@SebastianAlmeida-Hall-m6l, bohebaos (genus Neofelis) first appeared in the Early Pleistocene, so that's where you're wrong, the Panthera genus is paraphyletic, as the currently living tiger (Uncia tigris), ounce (Uncia uncia), and jaguar (Jaguarius onca) along with the extinct cave lion (Uncia spelaea), bakr's cat (Uncia dhokpathensis), tibetan jaguar (Uncia blytheae), east asian lion (Sinailurus youngi), longdan tiger (Sinailurus zdanskyi), chinese jaguar (Sinailurus palaeosinensis), american lion (Jaguarius atrox), and yucatan leopard (Jaguarius balamoides) are all more closely related to the northern bohebao (Neofelis nebulosa) and southern bohebao (Neofelis diardi) than they are to the extant leopard (Panthera pardus) and lion (Panthera leo) and extinct royal cat (Panthera principialis), african jaguar (Panthera shawi), and european jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) just like how both straight-tusked elephants (genus Palaeoloxodon) and asiatic elephants (genus Elephas) are more closely related to mammoths (genus Mammuthus) than they are to african elephants (genus Loxodonta) and just like how the Tibetan Fox (Neocyon ferrilatus), Corsac Fox (Alopex corsac), Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus), Swift Fox (Alopex velox), Kit Fox (Alopex macrotis), Bengal Fox (Fennecus bengalensis), Blanford's Fox (Fennecus canus), Ruppell's Fox (Fennecus rueppellii), Fennec Fox (Fennecus zerda), Pale Fox (Fennecus pallidus), and Cape Fox (Fennecus chama) are all more closely related to the Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis), Chinese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), and Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus) than they are to the Eurasian Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), American Red Fox (Vulpes fulva), and African Red Fox (Vulpes barbara).
@SebastianAlmeida-Hall-m6l, also, there are no such things as either a "snow leopard" or a "clouded leopard" because the only true leopard is Panthera pardus while "ounce" and "bohebao" are the correct english names for Uncia uncia and species in the genus Neofelis just like there are no such things as either "musk deer", "water deer", or "mouse deer" because the only true deer are species belonging to the family Cervidae defined solely by the possession of antlers and their correct english names are "kasturi", "yoyong", and "chevrotain" respectively kasturis (genus Moschus) are the sole extant genus of the family Moschidae, yoyongs (genus Hydropotes) are the sole extant genus of the family Hydropotidae, and chevrotains constitute the family Tragulidae, both monotypic families Moschidae and Hydropotidae constitute the superfamily Moschoidea, which is the sole surviving taxon of the infraorder Vampyrodonta while chevrotains (family Tragulidae) are the sole extant family of both the superfamily Traguloidea and the infraorder Tragulina and deer (family Cervidae) are the sole extant family of the superfamily Cervoidea, one of the three superfamilies belonging to the infraorder Pecora.
Jaguars are native to all North America and we need to bring them back into the wild in North America, jaguars can bring balance to nature.
Fun fact: the Jaguar (Jaguarius onca) is split into four valid subspecies: the North American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), the Central American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca centralis), the Amazon Jaguar (Jaguarius onca onca), and the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), the jaguars in northern Mexico and possibly Arizona are the last surviving populations of the north american jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), thus making the north american jaguar a living fossil.
@@indyreno2933 there´s one specie, the rest is pure specullation.
@alsouza8284, actually, the Jaguar (Jaguarius onca) is split into four valid subspecies: the North American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), the Central American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca centralis), the Amazon Jaguar (Jaguarius onca onca), and the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), the jaguars in northern Mexico and possibly Arizona are the last remaining populations of Jaguarius onca angustus, thus making it a living fossil and the extinct patagonian jaguar is actually a fossil population of the andean jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus).
@@indyreno2933Also, you forgot about the Phantera onca Mesembrina or South American giant jaguar.
@TheChadGilgamesh6901, actually, the patagonian jaguar is a fossil population of the andean jaguar, therefore Jaguarius onca mesembrinus is a junior synonym of Jaguarius onca peruvianus.
Now I would like to point out that i’m not a scientist, i’m just a dude with a lot of free time to read scientific papers. But i’m going to be honest I don’t think the current prey-base in Yellowstone is enough to support jaguars. Its true that jaguars ranged a lot farther north into North America during the Pleistocene, with records in Maryland, Washington and even Port Kennedy cave in Pennsylvania, but we also have to remember that there was effectively more prey during those times as well. Preferred prey species of jaguars today are capybara & giant anteaters, and the counterparts to those during the Middle & Late Pleistocene would be giant beavers, another kind of larger capybara being Neochoerus and then the 4 species of ground sloths. Peccaries are also locally important prey for jaguars despite apparently not being preferred and we had North American peccaries. As said in the video: the most viable prey for them are the mule deer, but they’d have to specialize in it practically, and that would throw them in close competition with pumas who were here first and are probably better deer-predators, meaning jaguars would hypothetically struggle to move into that niche, and even if they could it’d be pretty difficult for them to establish healthy populations in the Yellowstone region if that’s all they’re consuming.
They’d probably wouldn’t be able to heavily take on pronghorns just because they are far too fast and they would probably avoid elk & bison as they are too large. Beavers are too small to make an effective replacement for capybara in the region too. Really, if you want jaguars to do well in Yellowstone, you’d probably have to release feral hogs into the park as well, and they already documented frequently predating the non-native pigs in South America.
Paleoecologist here. Jaguars ranged as far north as Southern Canada during the late Pleistocene, with fossil remains known from the Great Lakes.
Remember, jaguars arrived in the Americas during the mid Pleistocene, dispersing from Eurasia via Beringia, so they spread north to south originally and were likely present in all suitable habitats in North and South America during the Pleistocene. This also indicates cold tolerance (known from South American animals in the far south too), and an ability to succesfully occupy open habitats.
Not finding a sub-fossil record of them in a region doesn't necessarily mean they didn't occur there, nor does it mean they wouldn't disperse there naturally today if freed from the pressures of humanity.
Question, would this mean that Yellowstone's native cougars aren't doing enough?
That or their population isn't high enough?
@KonnorHermann thre only 45- 60 cougars in yellowstone
In the past was more cougars in yellowstone.
Big cats of yellowstone before 12,000 years ago was : jaguars ,American lion,smilodon.
80% - 90% of large animals was extinct before 12,000 years ago because of large disaster .
@@Rewildingthefuture yes, the Quaternary megafaunal extinction. I didn't know cougars were in the low numbers like that though.
@@Rewildingthefuture perhaps, before we reintroduce the jaguar we should increase the genetic diversity of cougars in Yellowstone first.
To say reintroducing the jaguar wouldn't be beneficial would be a lie. But lets focus one step at a time.
@@KonnorHermann we need to stop hunting them and another wildlife.
Yeah, I did read somewhere that jaguar remains were found fossilized in Maryland or Delaware? Somewhere far north. But again, the east coast is slightly different, weather wise, than Wyoming or Yellowstone. I’m not saying it couldn’t work, but even today, with rising temperatures and changing weather, I think Wyoming would be far too cold for jaguars… even if you look at existing jaguar populations in South America, they don’t range south into Chile, and if they are in the country, it’s limited to the northern Atacama region. We don’t see them in Patagonia, the realm of the puma. Jaguars are king of the Pantanal however, and in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia… while I agree they’re adaptable, to an extent, they’re not nearly as resilient as pumas. With regards to climatic conditions. Pumas can be found in every mainland North, Central, and South American country. They live in snow, in jungle, cities, beaches, deserts, cliffs, caves, forests, plains, swamps, and more. A better alternative may be to foster the existing puma (cougar) populations in Yellowstone, and everywhere else too. And being back the California condor, which once lived everywhere in the US, cleaning up megafauna carcasses. The pumas though, they’re already here, but they’re legally a certain amount each season. Why? Do people really eat them? That’s so gross. Or simply stuff them for decoration? Weird, waste of a life. Anyway. If we could stop killing them and actually provided them with better prey opportunities and habitat, pumas could be the answer.
I just have to say that the acclimatization program for jaguars to be reintroduced back into the Yellowstone region would have to ve top notch.
Nothing like a fake AI generated David Attenborough voice to lend legitimacy to a nonsensical RUclips wildlife video! 🤣
To be fair, jaguars did actually live throughout North America historically! But the existing jaguars aren’t cold adapted anyway but live from California to Florida just 150 years ago
Why cut to pictures of cheetahs? It's supposed to be about jaguars. Either poorly researched' or deliberately using inappropriate illustrations in the hope that no one will notice.
I would be particularly interested to see how jaguars interact with wolves, bears, and cougars.
The interact with cougars and black bears in Nuevo Leon MX, Sonora MX and other regions of northern Mexico. Now that there is a wolf pair in the Sky Island region of southern Arizona along with a couple of male jaguars there, not to mention a healthy population of cougars.
@LiterallyOverTheHillAdventures the cougars in colder states up north are a bit bigger than the South American puma. Black bears are docile for the most part. It's the interactions with big brown bears I'm really curious about
@@wolfpackpete6408 Up until the 2nd half of the 20th century they dealt with Mexican Grizzly Bears and there are some decent sized mountain lions in Sonora and Nuevo Leon which both have a breeding population of jaguars. There is an old episode of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom that was filmed in northern Sonora MX and it has a fight between a cougar and a smaller female Jaguar in it. I think the Episode is called "The Land of the Jaguar" or something along that line. More people are mauled by black bears than grizzly bears in the US, or that was the case year I was living in Alaska.
It would be the same as tigers in Siberia coexisting with bears and wolves and Amur leopards
@20cs65 once things settled, you're probably right. Initially it would be strange... the jaguar in South America has been the unchallenged apex predator for a very long time - pumas/cougars are not a match for jaguars. There would be interesting confrontations until they got used to suddenly living around bears.
Jaguars did live around bears in old times North America, and the extinct European Jaguars also crossed paths with cave lions. But I don't know if those extinct jaguars were as hulked up as the South American jaguars of today.
While this is true, jaguars are not currently what they were during the Pleistocene and would not be able to survive the extreme weather. The Pleistocene Jaguar most likely had thick fur coats to protect it from the relentless cold. This is something current Jaguars lack. Jaguars have no experience in high elevation territories and prefer lowland forests but in North America they will suffice for deserts and valleys. On top of this, Yellowstone already has a feline apex predator, the mountain lion. The mountain lion is perfectly adapted for life here and has a thick coat for the winters. And there has already been a solution to keep the population of deer and elk in place, the reintroduction of wolves. While Yellowstone is too far north, I do support the idea of reintroducing jaguars to the southern united states as a few jaguars have crossed the border over the past few years and shown they can help balance the ecosystem there and survive.
In case you should know, the jaguars in northern Mexico and possibly Arizona are the only surviving populations of the north american jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), which makes it a living fossil.
@@indyreno2933 Yes indeed but It is most likely that jaguars would not be able to survive in any climate beyond southern Utah and Colorado. On top of this the Pleistocene Jaguar, Panthera Onca Augusta, was larger then current North American Jaguars and had a better chance of survival in the cold.
@SebastianAlmeida-Hall-m6l, actually, all jaguars in North America belong to Jaguarius onca augustus, so technically, this subspecies still exists in Mexico and possibly Arizona, thus making it a living fossil, in case you should know, there are now only four valid jaguar subspecies: the North American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca angustus), the Central American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca centralis), the Amazon Jaguar (Jaguarius onca onca), and the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), the so-called "patagonian panther" is actually a fossil population of the andean jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), in fact, the only true panther is the leopard (Panthera pardus) whereas all other cats are not panthers.
@@indyreno2933 The North American Jaguar you are referring to, (Panthera Onca Augustus), is extinct and is also known as the Cave Jaguar as it was very common during the Pleistocene Era. Currently, no subceis of Jaguar is extant due to the fact that their DNA is too similar. While there may be a difference in size and the size of their rosettes or any difference in their physical form, they are too closely related to be a subspecies.
@SabasrianAlmeida-Hall-m6l, the jaguar originated exclusively from North America, therefore there are now only four valid jaguar subspecies: the North American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca augustus), the Central American Jaguar (Jaguarius onca centralis), the Amazon Jaguar (Jaguarius onca onca), and the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), Jaguarius onca angustus is a living fossil with very few remaining populations in Mexico and possibly Arizona and Jaguarius onca mesembrinus is a junior synonym of Jaguarius once peruvianus because the patagonian jaguar is a fossil population of the andean jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus), therefore all four jaguar subspecies are extant, they are all distinct from each other phylogenetically.
The deer and elk herds been devastated in Yellowstone-since the intro of wolves. They their numbers have not increased at all.
There’s literally only 80 wolves in Yellowstone. Wolves aren’t able to significantly effect the overall ecosystem. The Yellowstone eco region is huge
Shout out to iStock by Getty Images for the creation of this video (honorable mention goes to Shutterstock)
Yo pienso de que si introducen rinoceronte de sumatra en selvas tropicales de Sudamérica dispersaria semillas y diversificado genética mente y también ayudaría la conservación del rinoceronte de sumatra
Aunque beneficiaria, no seria nada natural ya que el rinoceronte de sumatra estuvo presente en sur de china e indochina y este de india. En America que se sepa no llegaron a tener especies de rinocerontes. Lo que se deberia hacer es, cuando haya una población estable, con programas de reproducción ex-situ, reintroducirlos a la Asia continental. En sudamerica veria quizá una introducción de elefantes de borneo en sustitución de los mastodontes que hubieron.
turn the background music down a bit. There are sections where you can't hear the narration at all.
Wouldn't the jaguar get too cold in the snowy winters of Yellowstone National Park? I mean, the wolves and coyotes have thicker fur to cope with the winters, while the jaguar has a thinner coat to cope with the hot climates of the South American rainforests.
Jaguars live in high areas in South America such as the Andes where there is snow, and in the winter there is snow in northern Mexico and in the south of the United States there is also snow in the winter.
All the big cats have winter fur and this includes the jaguars and they will be able to live in Yellowstone and survive.
@@Rewildingthefuture Well, okay. Thanks for the information.
Love this channel
@@Rewildingthefuture no, my friend, they don´t belong there.
@@alsouza8284 Jaguars they were all over North America they were extinct due to humans hunting them and climate change caused by a disaster 10 thousand years ago
The great probability that every megafauna extinction is because of a disaster that happened 10 thousand years ago that caused extinction in Europe and North America, South America, Australia and Central Asia.
@@Rewildingthefuturejaguars don’t live in high altitudes in the Andes, it’s part of the reason pumas in that region are larger, and why spectacled bears are restricted to that region. Temperatures in norther Mexico and Arizona don’t get nearly as cold as the Rockies.
Una pregunta podría ser posible de introduccir rinoceronte de sumatra a Sudamérica como un remplazo al extinto toxodon, podrías a ser un video de eso 😅❤❤❤
Intriguing.
Whatever the reality it would have been a good thing to mention upfront the David Attenborough narration.
They never belonged there, the habitat went as far as texas and Arizona at the time they´were Mexico.
Jaguars they were all over North America they were extinct due to humans hunting them and climate change caused by a disaster 10 thousand years ago.
The great probability that every megafauna extinction is because of a disaster that happened 10 thousand years ago that caused extinction in Europe and North America, South America, Australia and Central Asia.
Actually no, their range only extended slightly inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Yes they had a greater range in North America than they did today but they definitely weren’t “all over North America” and definitely didn’t live in Yellowstone.
@@DanielSmith-x5v the Pleistocene jaguar (Panthera onca augusta) once roamed North America, including the Yellowstone region. During the Pleistocene epoch (around 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago), jaguars inhabited a range much larger than their current distribution, extending from South America all the way into parts of North America, including the southwestern U.S. and areas like what is now Yellowstone National Park.
These ancient jaguars were larger than their modern counterparts, likely adapted to the colder climate and larger prey of the time. The region around Yellowstone was home to a variety of megafauna, like mammoths and giant ground sloths, and the Pleistocene jaguar would have been part of this ecosystem as a formidable predator.
@@Rewildingthefuture In the late Pleistocene the modern jaguar only inhabited the range I outlined. The Pleistocene jaguar is a relic of a significantly distant past and is irrelevant to contemporary environments. The only logical Jaguar range expansions is in the areas I outlined. This is coming from someone who works in the field of biology.
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You are right, there are different species of jaguar, first the modern jaguar should be returned to the southern United States such as Arizona, Texas, California, New Mexico.
I will also make a video about it in the future.
Simply, in this video I gave an example of what it would be like to return Jaguar to a certain area and Yellowstone is an example.
This was a joke? I find incorrect to show that fantasy like it would be true.
We are no longer in the Pleistocene. I think caution and study has to be done before jumping on the rewinding wagon in some areas. Yellowstone has achieved a balance with the intro of grey wolves. I can understand jaguar reintroduction into the lower western States as they were until recent part of that ecology.
Current evidence shows Jaguar range never extended that far in recent history. This would be a foreign introduction of a non-native species. On top of the unbearable music the content was unbearable speculation of a devastating ecological catastrophe. Btw it would be a miracle if they even returned to a tiny area of Arizona which is actually in their native range.
Look Maybe you Should Think how Jaguars even got in north and south america bro They evolved in europe and Made the journey over Beringia and today only those in South America have survived so Watch more animal history About felidea..
@@shawnalexandre7897 They came 1.5 million years ago! They are not native any more. They wouldn’t be native after 10,000 years much less over a million. We are not engineers of environments extinction and evolution are. We don’t decide what gets to go where, introductions are based on fixing our recent mistakes and human caused extinctions.
@@DanielSmith-x5v true I agree.
The oldest fossil jaguar(Panthera onca) was in North America not Europe as the European Jaguar is no longer thought to be a subspecies but rather it own species (Panthera gombaszoegensis) and in fact a paper “Chatar et al 2022” found that it was a sister taxon to (Panthera tigris) the paper even concludes that stem-tigers evolved in Europe, casting doubt on the idea that tigers evolved in Asia. While the oldest fossils of jaguars are in North America represented by (Panthera onca augusta) this subspecies went extinct by around 20,000 years ago while the historical range of the modern jaguar( Panthera onca onca) only extends as far north as Grand Canyon in Arizona and the northern Rio Grande in New Mexico. So I doubt the modern jaguar would do well in winter as far north as Wyoming. As for if it’s ethical I don’t think so. Putting the animals welfare aside North American horses went extinct around 10,000 years ago and yet the modern horses dose find in some places while in others places they are actually a negative to the environment in North America and considering the jaguar went extinct sooner than the horses the environment is probably less use to having a larger Panthera cat in its environment especially with loss in fauna diversity North America experience and pumas seem to have larger ambush predator niche down just fine so there isn’t even a need to introduce a jaguar anyways.
@@aottadelsei980 agreeed
In this video it is about the possibility of Jaguar Rewilding in Yellowstone and how to return jaguars to the wild in Yellowstone and in addition there is a story about a scenario in which it is described about the return of a male jaguar to the wild in Yellowstone.
I hope you enjoyed and I will be happy for the comments.
Sounds plausible, but it'll be complicated.
In the case of Yellowstone a more complete set of big herbivores would be the next step. Horses, camelids (guanacos and/or bactrian camels), feral pigs (mylohyus/platygonus proxies) maybe even mountain tapirs would add new mouths and new guts to add diversity to the landscape. They would also add new eyes, ears abd noses to make predation more of a challenge at the same time as increasing the carring capacity of the land.
Adding more predators to Yellowstone would make more sense after that.
What next episode will release next week?
The next episode is about rewilding camels to North America ,there a population of feral llama in north america.
And probably in the next day or two I will upload another video about rewilding cheetah in The Great Plains like i did with Jaguar in Yellowstone
@itayperlman139, camels (family Camelidae) are constituted by six extant species under four genera based solely on morphology, the six extant camel species are the Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), the Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), the Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), the Llama (Lama glama), the Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), and the Bactrian Camel (Oreocamelus bactrianus).
Jaguars in Yellowstone ? Doesn’t it get too cold in Yellowstone ?
Jaguars live in high areas in South America such as the Andes where there is snow, and in the winter there is snow in northern Mexico and in the south of the United States there is also snow in the winter.
All the big cats have winter fur and this includes the jaguars and they will be able to live in Yellowstone and survive
In our wild future the descent of the jaguar called the jaginteron a giant American fanged cat that equal or surpass some of our biggest cats in our prehistory
Jaguars will eat beavers! No jaguars please!
@markstamm272 their main prey will be deer and feral pigs
@itayperlman139 they hunt by water and eat alligators, i respectfully disagree. Capaberras, beavers hmm?
They defiantly used to live abundantly in California, New Mexico and Arizona. But Idaho, I don't believe they are adapted to winters up here? I'm from California and currently live in Idaho and I certainly can barely survive up here 😂
It is really cool to think about how they would interact with more of the North American Wildlife. Check out the California Adventure Exhibit at the Oakland Zoo. Its fantastic
Ridiculous
Love the jaguar
Shame on these people spreading garbage like this. WTF
Really wanted to watch this but the background music is unbearable :(
This is a stupid idea. They wouldn’t survive
They should release Cheetahs
Probably not ever a good idea. North American cheetah wasn’t a real cheetah and isn’t related to the Asian or African cheetahs. We also have a sliver of the pronghorn population that existed even 150 years ago.
In case everyone should know, even if it has nothing to do with this video, aurochsen (genus Bos) are the only cattle genus that is extinct in the wild and the modern aurochs is actually two separate species: the Paleotropical Aurochs (Bos namadicus (cladistically including the Zebu (Bos namadicus indicus) and the Sanga (Bos namadicus africanus))) and the Palearctic Aurochs (Bos primigenius (cladistically including the Taurine Ox (Bos primigenius taurus) and Mandarin Ox (Bos primigenius mandarinus))), similarly hartebeests are now officially two separate species: the Northern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) and the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama).
Jaguars will freeze in Yellowstone climate. They are not native in Yellowstone and most likely will not survive this climate.
Jaguars live in high areas in South America such as the Andes where there is snow, and in the winter there is snow in northern Mexico and in the south of the United States there is also snow in the winter.
All the big cats have winter fur and this includes the jaguars and they will be able to live in Yellowstone and survive.
Did you know that the patagonian jaguar is in fact a fossil population of the Andean Jaguar (Jaguarius onca peruvianus)?
I think we should do rewilding in North America with Rhinos!
Because believe it or not rhinos actually used to live in North America as recently as 4 million years ago.
You got the scientific name of the jaguar completely wrong, its correct scientific name is actually Jaguarius onca.
No they got it right bro
Not anymore, the Panthera genus is paraphyletic to the bohebaos (genus Neofelis), based on here, the tiger (Uncia tigris), ounce (Uncia uncia), and jaguar (Jaguarius onca) along with extinct species such as the cave lion (Uncia spelaea), bakr's cat (Uncia dhokpathensis), tibetan jaguar (Uncia blytheae), east asian lion (Sinailurus youngi), longdan tiger (Sinailurus zdanskyi), chinese jaguar (Sinailurus palaeosinensis), american lion (Jaguarius atrox), and yucatan leopard (Jaguarius balamoides) are all more closely related to the northern bohebao (Neofelis nebulosa) and southern bohebao (Neofelis diardi) than they are to the extant leopard (Panthera pardus) and lion (Panthera leo) and extinct royal cat (Panthera principialis), african jaguar (Panthera shawi), and european jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) just like how both straight-tusked elephants (genus Palaeoloxodon) and asiatic elephants (genus Elephas) are more closely related to mammoths (genus Mammuthus) than they are to african elephants (genus Loxodonta).
Actually, the Neofelis genus diverged from the Panthera genus 8 million years ago. While most of what you said is true, you lack your own explanation on why they should be given the specific names Uncia and Jaguarius. While the your observation on elephants is correct, the Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard, and Snow Leopard are all closely related and in the same Genus unlike the elephant situation you described. This is just like the Genus Ovis, as the Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis), is directly related to the Dahls Sheep (Ovis Dalli). You got other scientific names wrong too. The tigers is, (Panthera Tigris). I'm pretty sure the animal you called (Uncia Uncia), you were referring to the snow leopard, (Panthera Uncia). And much more. Pretty much everything you called Uncia and Jaguirus should have been replaced with Panthera. Even a quick google search will show you that all of these name should have been replaced with Panthera.
@SebastianAlmeida-Hall-m6l, bohebaos (genus Neofelis) first appeared in the Early Pleistocene, so that's where you're wrong, the Panthera genus is paraphyletic, as the currently living tiger (Uncia tigris), ounce (Uncia uncia), and jaguar (Jaguarius onca) along with the extinct cave lion (Uncia spelaea), bakr's cat (Uncia dhokpathensis), tibetan jaguar (Uncia blytheae), east asian lion (Sinailurus youngi), longdan tiger (Sinailurus zdanskyi), chinese jaguar (Sinailurus palaeosinensis), american lion (Jaguarius atrox), and yucatan leopard (Jaguarius balamoides) are all more closely related to the northern bohebao (Neofelis nebulosa) and southern bohebao (Neofelis diardi) than they are to the extant leopard (Panthera pardus) and lion (Panthera leo) and extinct royal cat (Panthera principialis), african jaguar (Panthera shawi), and european jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) just like how both straight-tusked elephants (genus Palaeoloxodon) and asiatic elephants (genus Elephas) are more closely related to mammoths (genus Mammuthus) than they are to african elephants (genus Loxodonta) and just like how the Tibetan Fox (Neocyon ferrilatus), Corsac Fox (Alopex corsac), Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus), Swift Fox (Alopex velox), Kit Fox (Alopex macrotis), Bengal Fox (Fennecus bengalensis), Blanford's Fox (Fennecus canus), Ruppell's Fox (Fennecus rueppellii), Fennec Fox (Fennecus zerda), Pale Fox (Fennecus pallidus), and Cape Fox (Fennecus chama) are all more closely related to the Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis), Chinese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), and Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus) than they are to the Eurasian Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), American Red Fox (Vulpes fulva), and African Red Fox (Vulpes barbara).
@SebastianAlmeida-Hall-m6l, also, there are no such things as either a "snow leopard" or a "clouded leopard" because the only true leopard is Panthera pardus while "ounce" and "bohebao" are the correct english names for Uncia uncia and species in the genus Neofelis just like there are no such things as either "musk deer", "water deer", or "mouse deer" because the only true deer are species belonging to the family Cervidae defined solely by the possession of antlers and their correct english names are "kasturi", "yoyong", and "chevrotain" respectively kasturis (genus Moschus) are the sole extant genus of the family Moschidae, yoyongs (genus Hydropotes) are the sole extant genus of the family Hydropotidae, and chevrotains constitute the family Tragulidae, both monotypic families Moschidae and Hydropotidae constitute the superfamily Moschoidea, which is the sole surviving taxon of the infraorder Vampyrodonta while chevrotains (family Tragulidae) are the sole extant family of both the superfamily Traguloidea and the infraorder Tragulina and deer (family Cervidae) are the sole extant family of the superfamily Cervoidea, one of the three superfamilies belonging to the infraorder Pecora.