WILDLIFE IMAGE EVIDENCE RECORD
Yenra | September 30, 2026
Guide: https://yenra.com/pictures-of-jaguars-animal/

Purpose: Separate an image's provenance, identification and supported conclusion.
Keep original files. Share sensitive precise locations privately with the relevant
wildlife authority; use a broad location in a public copy. Do not approach, bait
or pursue wildlife for a better picture.

Original photographer / monitoring project / agency:
Original source URL:
Date accessed:
Claimed capture date and time:
How that date was verified (camera clock may need checking):
Upload or publication date:
Broad location:
Location evidence and any uncertainty:
Original filename and where preserved:
Cropping, enhancement, compositing or generation disclosed:
Other frames in the sequence:

IDENTIFICATION
Candidate species:
Visible features (head, proportions, coat pattern, tail, other):
Features hidden by lighting, distance or crop:
Plausible alternatives:
Reference photographs consulted:
Reviewer and date:
Identification confidence and remaining questions:

WHAT THE RECORD SUPPORTS
Number of image files:
Number of apparent encounters, if distinguishable:
Number of identified individuals, if supported:
Basis for matching an individual (including body side and pattern):
Strongest supported conclusion:
Additional evidence needed for residence / breeding / population change:

Example: twelve frames from one passage can represent one encounter and one
individual. File counts are not animal counts. This is a fictional example.

Source guidance:
https://www.fws.gov/species/jaguar-panthera-onca
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/Final%20Jaguar%20Recovery%20Plan_July%202018.pdf