The traffic keeps on getting more dense and continuous round the clock in Los Angeles but somehow another adult male Puma has wandered into the Santa Monica Mountains,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,There are now 3 adult male "cats" in this "penned in" ecosystem,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Exciting news as the 150 pounder brings the potential for a "gene infusion" should he mate with one of the females that call the City of Angels home

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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