Onza! : The Hunt for a Legendary Cat by Neil B. Carmony (1995, Trade Paperback)
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For centuries, Indian myths and Hispanic legends have told of a mysterious large wildcat, the Onza, said to inhabit the mountains and jungles of Mexicos Sierra Madre Occidental. Not a jaguar, not a mountain lion, the Onza is considered more elusive and ferocious than either. In the 20th century a variety of American hunters, writers, cryptozoologists and roustabouts have sought to unravel the mystery of the Onza. These men, including J. Frank Dobie, the Lee brothers, Robert Marshall, and Russell Annabel, have ranged the Mexican wilds to give the truth or lie to the Onza legend. This book slays the myths, celebrates the lore, and tells their stories of adventure.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHIGH-Lonesome Books
ISBN-100944383289
ISBN-139780944383285
eBay Product ID (ePID)116646757
Product Key Features
Book TitleOnza! : the Hunt for a Legendary Cat
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorNeil B. Carmony
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-075822
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- 10 Jul, 2025
Essential Reading for Mountain Lion Enthusiasts
Onzas are something real, but WHAT is still the question. Several writers have tried to tackle this intriguing subject, and this one may be the most thorough and scientific to date. Generously illustrated, it includes summations of the work of previous researchers and shares the most up-to-date conclusions by true zoologists, and DNA findings, but still refrains from forcing personal opinions, which would be very tempting in such a controversy. There is still more to learn about the cats known as onzas, and perhaps this research will lead to definitive answers someday. I became interested because of my purchase of a photograph collection featuring the onza's earliest American observer, C. B. Ruggles, including some of his original photos used in Marshall's book titled Onza (1961). This is a fascinating animal, not your garden variety puma, and now that there have been several attacks by mountain lions in the United States, some fatal, the many legends of the onza in Mexico seem much less as absurd myths as previously assumed. This book helps clear the fog, where observant hunters in the past wrongly insisted that onzas/oncas were a different species. Genetics suggest (to me) that onzas are similar or even a throwback to perhaps late pre-historic mountain lions, who were built and marked a little differently, akin to the now extinct North American Cheetahs. This author ignores the possibility that onzas are a hybrid, 99% Mountain Lion, but (just my opinion) perhaps results of inadvertent crossbreeding with "ounces," trained hunting cheetahs used in Europe in ancient times, which could have very easily been brought in significant numbers by the Spanish noblemen, who introduced every other Spanish domestic animal to Mexico. If significant numbers of those ounces got loose, which is quite probable, they might have interbred with native Mexican mountain lions and thrown these animals, known for centuries as "Onzas," by the Mexicans, a rare and (over time) a much watered down version today.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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