Arizonan Jaguar

Arizonan Jaguar
アリゾナジャガー
Character Data
AKA		American Jaguar, North American jaguar, Central American jaguar
Romaji		Arizona jagā
Debut		Kemono Friends (2015 Game)
Animal Data
Scientific Name		Panthera onca arizonensis
Distribution		?
Diet		Carnivore
Avg. Lifespan		?
Read More		Arizonan jaguar
Conservation

Arizonan Jaguar

KF3

Nexon Game

Stage Play

Arizonan Jaguar is a type of Friend that first appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.

Appearance

Arizonan Jaguar has a very shy and secluded appearance, resembling a more melancholy version of Jaguar, sharing very similar hair, ears, tail, gloves and thighhighs with Jaguar patterns. She has gradient eye color fading from pale green to tan-denim. Her eyes lack any highlight, a trait common among Extinct Friends (Arizonan Jaguars were thought to be locally extinct in 1960s until decades later more jaguars have been sighted. The design is probably based on the outdated source.). Arizonan Jaguar differs from Jaguar's by having dark suspenders and a fluffy spotless scarf. She has some additional and curious design choices compared to her S. American counterparts, such as a dull blue sleeveless shirt with a tie of the same color, and a chrome-plated bumper-like belt around her waist where the suspenders are fastened to. There is also a rose-colored "car plate" with "JPA 244" printed on it at the back of her waist. It is probably not a coincident that these additional features together with the color of the shirt resembles the design of a British sports car, Jaguar E-Type, which was marketed to North America by Jaguar Cars Ltd around 1960s-70s.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media

Media		Role
2015	Nexon Game	↪ Minor character, playable
2018	=LOVE Stage Project "Kemono Friends"	↪ Minor character
2019	Kemono Friends 3	↪ Minor character, playable

In Real Life

Due to the US Government's efforts to extirpate large wild cats which once roamed from California to Arizona, the Jaguar, which used to be a common sight in the Southwestern United States is all but gone. While population sizes in the US are no longer significant, small numbers of Jaguars still roam wild. The Arizonian Jaguar, a specific subspecies under the large Jaguar category, faces a massive population decline in the wild.

One of the few individuals still alive

Before the start of World War II in Europe, 1939, the Arizonian Jaguar ranged from Sonora, Mexico, to the Southwestern US.

This subspecies of Jaguar was a popular and prized target for hunting. Only in 1969 would the continued hunting of Arizonan Jaguar be declared illegal by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.

With such a small population, rare sightings have been carefully noted by scientists. In 2011, an Arizonian Jaguar dubbed "El Jefe", was spotted. In 2016 (Dec 1st), a different male was observed around Fort Huachaca, AZ. In 2017 (Feb), a third individual was reported to have been seen in the "Dos Cabezas Mountains."

Although individuals have been spotted, the problem of all of them being male, with the sexual gender of the third spotted individual still unknown, leaves the question if reproduction is still possible in the United States. However, farther in Mexico, breeding populations have been sighted.

Due to political relations between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, patrols along the border are numerous, and nearly 300 miles of fencing line the US-Mexico land border. However, numerous holes along the fencing make it possible for these Arizonan Jaguars to pass through.