A big cat species keeps popping up in the American Southwest.

The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center confirmed that a fifth different jaguar was in southern Arizona after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. All the sightings of the elusive, spotted cat have been within the last 15 years.

The latest jaguar was seen on a trail camera visiting a watering hole in November.

“We’re very excited. It signifies this edge population of jaguars continues to come here because they’re finding what they need,” Susan Malusa, director of the center’s jaguar and ocelot project, told the Associated Press.

Researchers plan to collect scat samples to learn more about the new jaguar.

Malusa said the continued presence of big cats in the region may be related to warming tempera

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