Jaguar in Arizona named by Tohono O'odham Nation

A wild jaguar first seen crossing into southern Arizona last year has a new name chosen by the Tohono O'odham Nation.

The jaguar will now be called O:had Ñu:kudam, which means "jaguar protector" in the O'odham language.

O:had was first spotted back in 2023 on the ancestral land of the Tohono O'odham people. The Center for Biological Diversity reached out to the nation's leaders to ask if they wanted to name the jaguar.

(O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam is pronounced OH-shahd NOO-KOO-dum.)

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