Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female).Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female) 2.5 years.Range time to independence 12 (high) months.Breeding season Mating throughout the year, in northern parts of their range mating is more concentrated from December to March.How often does reproduction occur? Individual female mountain lions usually give birth every two years.gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate).Males are ready to breed at about 3 years of age and females at 2 1/2 years. Males generally move farther, once they've left their mother, than do females. Mother and cubs remain together for as long as 26 months, though the average is 15 months. At 10 days old they open their eyes, their ears unfold, their first teeth erupt, and they begin to play with their litter mates. Kittens weigh 226 to 453 grams at birth, their eyes and ears are closed and they have no teeth. Females are pregnant for 82 to 96 days and give birth to 1 to 6 kittens, with an average of 3. Mating occurs throughout the year, but is concentrated from December to March in northern parts of their range. Females make sounds and rub themselves against objects to advertise to local males that they are ready to mate. Mountain lions begin mating when they have established their own territory. They attempt to dominate matings with those females. Males maintain territories that overlap with those of several females. These animals are found in the following types of habitat.Dense vegetation, caves, and rocky crevices provide shelter. Mountain lions use a wide variety of habitats including montane coniferous forests, lowland tropical forests, grassland, dry brush country, swamps, and any areas with adequate cover and prey. Mountain lion sightings in eastern North America, outside of southern Florida, are still more likely to be escaped or abandoned 'pet' mountain lions or other large cats. Mountain lions are now fairly common in suburban areas of California and have recently been sighted as far east as urban Kansas City, Missouri, where several have been hit by cars. In recent years populations have begun to expand into areas of human habitation, especially in the western United States. Populations in eastern North America were entirely exterminated, except for a small population of Florida panthers ( Puma concolor coryi).

Extermination efforts, hunting pressure, and habitat destruction have isolated populations of mountain lions to relatively mountainous, unpopulated areas throughout much of their range. They ranged from coast to coast in North America, and from southern Argentina and Chile, in South America, to southeastern Alaska. Historically, mountain lions had the largest distribution of all American terrestrial mammals. Average basal metabolic rate 49.326 W AnAge.Males weigh from 36 to 120 kg and females from 29 to 64 kg. Tail length ranges from 680 to 960 mm in males and 630 to 790 mm in females. Head and body length ranges from 1020 to 1540 mm in males and 860 to 1310 mm in females. The skull is broad and short, with a high, arched forehead and massive teeth modified for grabbing and slicing prey. The retractile claws are sharp and curved. The feet are broad, with four digits on hind feet and five on forefeet. The tail is long, cylindrical, and about one-third of total body length. The eyes of adult animals are grayish brown to golden. The muzzle stripes, the area behind ears, and the tip of tail are black. Mountain lions have a pinkish nose with a black border that extends to the lips. The fur is short, coarse, and ranges from yellowish brown to grayish brown on the upper parts and a paler, almost buffy, color on the belly.