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Author Mahler, Richard, author.

Title The jaguar's shadow : searching for a mythic cat / Richard Mahler.

Publication Info. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 359 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-342) and index.
Contents "God almighty, that's a jaguar!" -- "It pays us again and again" -- "Among all big cats, we know least about them" -- "We all felt really blessed" -- "Well drawn and unmistakable" -- "The model for how to live" -- "Jaguars possess the power of God" -- "Blood of the valiant" -- "He believes he is a jaguar" -- "There it is, I'm going to shoot it" -- "Cows are more important than cats" -- "We just stopped seeing them" -- "To ensure our namesake is protected" -- "Siga el Pisto" -- "Living in the same place it always has" -- "Pretty well hunted out" -- "These animals could become wonderful teachers" -- "It's good if it's dead" -- "A flagship species for conservation" -- "The mother liquor from which we have come" -- "To see one at all is a lifetime experience" -- Saving and studying jaguars.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Jaguar.
Jaguar.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mahler, Richard. Jaguar's shadow. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300122251 (DLC) 2008051628 (OCoLC)282954025
ISBN 9780300155938 (electronic book)
030015593X (electronic book)
9780300122251 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
030012225X
1282352989
9781282352988