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Culvert Cat
P-64 ( – November 28, 2018) was a wild mountain lion who resided in the northern Santa Monica Mountains, Simi Hills, and Santa Susana Mountains near Los Angeles, California. P-64 was first captured in February 2018, was monitored by a Wildlife radio telemetry, GPS collar, and was the subject of media attention due to his ability to use a culvert to cross U.S. 101, for which he was given the nickname Culvert Cat, and for his death after the Woolsey Fire. Life Discovery and tracking P-64 was first captured at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the Simi Hills in February 2018, at which point he was fitted with a Wildlife radio telemetry, GPS collar. At the time, he was estimated to be three or four years old. For the next nine months, P-64 was tracked throughout the northern Santa Monica Mountains, Simi Hills, and Santa Susana Mountains, from south of U.S. 101 to north of California State Route 118, S.R. 118. He crossed these freeways a combined 41 times and was only the fift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cougar
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') (, ''Help:Pronunciation respelling key, KOO-gər''), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North America, North, Central America, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild, terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the most widespread in the world. Its range spans the Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta provinces of Canada, the Rocky Mountains and areas in the western United States. Further south, its range extends through Mexico to the Amazon Rainforest and the southern Andes Mountains in Patagonia. It is an adaptable Generalist and specialist species, generalist species, occurring in most American habitat types. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas for stalking but also lives in open areas. The cougar is largely solitary. Its activity pattern varies from diurnality and cathemerality to Crepuscular animal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
