Mountain lions (Puma concolor), also called cougars, pumas, catamounts, and panthers, are the second-largest cat native to North America, after the jaguar. The largest of them can grow to be eight feet long and, in rare cases, weigh more than 200 pounds. They are predominantly solitary and incredibly elusive animals. A hiker can spend a lifetime in mountain lion country and never see one. They move quietly through the forest, inhabiting a wide variety of habitats in search of their staple prey, deer. They traverse ridgelines, creek bottoms, brushy woodlands, and mountainous terrain. National forests such as Coronado National Forest in Arizona and Los Padres National Forest in California stand out for their extensive mountain lion habitat, documented populations, and major research projects. Los Padres National Forest, California Los Padres contains the vast tracts of unfragmented wilderness and abundant prey that make an area perfect for supporting a large population of mountain lions. Because mountain lions are difficult to count directly, researchers estimate abundance using methods such as scat-DNA sampling, spatial capture-recapture models, camera surveys, and GPS telemetry. CDFW's current preliminary model estimates approximately 4,172 mountain lions statewide, with a 95% confidence interval of 3,645 to 4,750, but it does...

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