Puma Profiles: P-108

Female
Initial capture date: Aug. 6, 2022

P-108 and P-107 were captured and tagged at the den in the central Santa Monica Mountains on Aug. 11, 2022. These two female kittens were estimated to be about 17 days old when biologists visited their den while their mother, P-80, was away. Both female kittens appeared healthy. P-107 was a bouncing 1.25 kilograms, and P-108 was 1.30 kilograms.

This is not P-80’s first litter. On Aug. 6, 2020, biologists found her den after she had given birth to females P-93 and P-94. When she was first captured back in January 2020, she appeared to have lactated in the past, meaning she likely has had a previous litter. Female mountain lions can have their first litter at 2 to 3 years old and will raise their kittens for one to two years, after which point, they will breed again. Adult males do not help in the rearing of kittens.

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