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Researchers track new mountain lion in Santa Monica Mountains
Researchers with the National Park Service began tracking
a new mountain lion last month in the Santa Monica
Mountains, officials said Friday.
The adult male mountain lion, known as P-45, was
captured Nov. 21, park officials said. He was estimated
to be 3 or 4 years old and weighed about 150 pounds.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Researchers
began tracking an adult male mountain lion, known as P-45, last
month in the Santa Monica Mountains
In an ongoing tracking study of mountain lions in the Santa
Monicas, only one other cat, known as P-1, was that large,
park officials said.
P-45 was caught in the central part of the Santa Monica
Mountains and fitted with a GPS collar, park officials said.
The cat has spent most of his time in the west end of the
mountain range, sticking to undeveloped areas, officials said.
Male mountain lions are extremely territorial in an area
surrounded by freeways, and researchers believe the
area can only support one or two adult males. An
8-year-old male cat called P-27 spends time at the
east end of the mountains, officials said. Researchers
started tracking another adult male, P-12, in 2008.
Although his GPS collar has stopped working,
he was photographed in the area by a remote camera in
March.
The National Park Service began studying the lions in 2002 to determine how they survive in a highly fragmented, urban environment
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