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PHOTOS: Adorable bobcat kittens found in Simi Hills

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Baby bobcat, B327, was found in a den near Oak Park in the Simi Hills. It was ear-tagged for a study of how urbanization has affected bobcats in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Baby bobcat sisters B326 and B327 are seen before being ear-tagged by biologists conducting a study in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Baby bobcat B326's teeth are measured by biologists conducting a study in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Baby bobcat B327's ear was tagged by biologists conducting a study in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Baby bobcat sisters B326 and B327 were found in a den nestled in the hillside coastal sage scrub in an area near Oak Park in the Simi Hills.

PHOTOS: Adorable bobcat kittens found in Simi HillsBaby bobcat, B327, was found in a den near Oak Park in the Simi Hills. It was ear-tagged for a study of how urbanization has affected bobcats in the Santa Monica Mountains.

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SIMI HILLS, SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS (KABC) -- Two adorable bobcat kittens were found in a den near Oak Park in the Simi Hills.

The kittens, called B326 and B327, are between 3 and 4 weeks old. They were ear-tagged by biologists as part of a 20-year-long study of the long-term effects of urbanization on bobcats in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Researchers have been tracking their mother, B255, since 2010.

Photos of the kittens were posted on the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Facebook page.