After meeting the grim fate of overhunting in the 20th century, is it time the stunningly ferocious jaguar had another shot at living in the US? This team of researchers believes so. Writing in the journal Conservation Science and Practice, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Defenders of Wildlife put forward their case for reintroducing jaguars to the mountainous southwestern stretches of the US. Jaguars are the largest cat species in the Americas, armed with lean muscles and a powerful bite, also known for their distinctive spotty tan-colored fur. The species ( Panthera onca) roamed the central mountain ranges of Arizona and New Mexico as late as the 1960s until they were hunted to local extinction. Today, odd individuals can very occasionally be spotted living in the southern corners of the US, but the species is generally limited to portions of South America and Central America. Even here, it’s estimated they have lost over 50 percent of its historic range seen before human disturbances.