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Dave Golder

Video shows family of four mountain lions hiking along California trail

The cougar, Puma concolor, also known as the puma, mountain lion, catamount, or panther, is a large cat native to the Americas, second only in size to the stockier jaguar. Kalispell, Montana.

A family of mountain lions – possibly, or maybe they were just close friends – were caught on camera trotting along a hiking trail Monday morning at the Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park in California. 

Whether they were actually a family or not, it’s very unusual to see such a large group of mountain lions. It’s actually fairly rare to spot a single mountain lion – it's estimated that there are about 4,500 mountain lions across the state of California, according to the UC Davis California Mountain Lion Project.

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