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"Some historical evidence suggest that the jaguar once ranged northward into California: In the early nineteenth century, several scientific expeditions collected descriptions of a cat, larger than and otherwise different from the mountain lion, living near Monterey Bay (Merriam, 1919, pp 38-39)" Gordon, Burton L., 1996. "Monterey Bay Area: Natural History and Cultural Imprints", Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, California.