Two mountain lion kittens confirmed at Santa Monica Mountains NRA
National Park Service researchers have added two mountain lion kittens to a long-running study of the species in and around the Santa Monica Mountains. The siblings, a female and male named P-59 and P-60, were found by National Park Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists earlier this month in the central portion of the range.
The mother is P-53, the youngest female in the study to bear offspring at two years old, which is still within normal range. The is her first litter.
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