Physical deformities linked to inbreeding discovered among cougars in the Santa Monica Mountains
Friday, September 11, 2020 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
The discovery was heartbreaking for biologists, who consider the mountain lions of Southern California to be among the most threatened mammals in North America: a young male with the distortions of inbreeding—a tail kinked like the letter "L" and only one descended testicle.