C.B. Koford 1972 Journal 26 May 1972 Panama City, Panama and quickly clean out spider monkeys. P.S. has seen w. one and two cubs (2 ols.). Thinks probably lived year around. Jaguar becoming scarcer in Panama, but ocelot still common. [Seal] at GMH interested in an Elicuarus? tapeworm - cysts in agouti; worms in jaguar (worms small but numerous, about 14" below pylorus). Ocelot - PG told of one seen taking birds from nest on several evenings in Darien. C. Mendry told me that Rollin Baker had a collection of ocelot skulls sent from Ecuador. Also said: near Cerro Punta, Chiriqui, a jaguar had killed several dogs. E.M. says ocelots in mangrove on Atlantic side, probably near Patocelo and Bocon del Toro. Probably jaguars in southwestern Azuero Peninsula - (see the old Albright & ? report). (N. Smith later said a black jaguar reported in newspaper as taken there recently). C. Mendry knew of two black jaguars for in Panama. Atlantic side of Veraguan probably also good for ocelot. In Cerro Azul - Pacora area, good fauna to N. - jaguar, ocelot, margay. Margay records rare in Panama; probably more common than ocelot. Best we- know forests in Darien, San Blas, Cerro Azul area, northern Veragua. (Jean Cl Lleros 5. of Chope) Habitat - Highway to Mandinga (San Blas) in construction. Highway then Darien from Chopo in construction - finished in [illegible] yrs.? A bad big hydro- dam electric project in Boyero area, E. of Chopo, will start filling in about 2 years and flood hundreds of square miles of jaguar habitat. There is much deforestation & clearing for crops in Panama, but also much primitive forests left. Some large areas of Indian reservation, or in San Blas. Everywhere roads enter, quick settlement and clearing, all agreed. Chiriqui region much developed for agriculture now. The only forest preserve is Cerro Campana, where mountain gorilla and steller flutter. I met Ricardo Gutierrez, director of Recursos Naturales,