SELIGMAN, Ariz. — The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says the two-year-old boy from Seligman, Ariz., was determined to be safe after he was reported missing Monday.

Officials say the child was found around 8:20am on Tuesday. YCSO says the boy wandered from his home just before 5pm on Monday and was reported missing.

More than 40 search and rescue personnel, several deputies, and DPS rangers were called to the property to search the boy.

After a 16-hour search, the rancher reported that the young child had walked to his property about seven miles away. When deputies arrived, they identified the child as a missing Seligman juvenile.

During an overnight search, a DPS helicopter ranger found two mountain lions in the terrain the boy traveled to.

The rancher who found the boy told the authorities’ dog Buford that he was patrolling the property when he found the boy and turned it to safety.

According to YCSO, the boy told the rancher he slept under a tree.