The U.S. National Park Service noted that P-22's nine-square-mile Griffith Park habitat (23 km 2) is too small for an adult cat by a factor of 31 and that it was unlikely he would ever find a mate there. [1] . It’s the smallest ever recorded range for an adult male mountain lion. [18][note 1]

P-22 was our most famous mountain lion and known as our "Hollywood Cat," where he was a resident of Griffith Park in the city of Los Angeles. At about 12 years old, he was one of the oldest cats in our study.

2022年12月17日 · The big cat soon became a bona fide celebrity, appearing in a glossy National Geographic feature that showed the mountain lion prowling past the Hollywood sign at night, muscles rippling under...

2023年3月6日 · Read about L.A.'s celebration of P-22's legacy in the New York Times. In a private ceremony led by members of local Native American Tribes, the much beloved and famous feline P-22 was buried on Saturday, March 4 in the Santa Monica Mountains.

P-22, or officially, P-022, or Puma 022, was the oldest big cat in the National Park Service's mountain lion research program for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. He was also L.A.'s most famous mountain lion. He was the direct offspring of P-001, the very first big cat in the research program.

2022年12月19日 · About two years after he arrived in Griffith Park, the cat was captured on camera looking extremely frail. His tail was “as thin as a pipe cleaner,” write Laura J. Nelson and James Queally for...

2017年2月8日 · As famous as he is, the mountain lion known as P-22 is a mystery, his day-to-day life hidden by his instincts for evasion. The National Wildlife Federation has called the species a “nearly...

2023年3月7日 · Tribal leaders, scientists and conservation advocates have buried Southern California’s most famous mountain lion in the mountains where the big cat once roamed.

2022年12月19日 · P-22, the celebrity mountain lion known as "the Hollywood cat" because he famously roamed the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles for over a decade, has died, state wildlife officials announced...

2022年12月13日 · A famous mountain lion known as the "Hollywood Cat" is being evaluated by wildlife officials after exhibiting signs of distress, including killing a leashed dog in a residential neighborhood.