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Mara Serena area
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Females can give birth at any time in the year. After a gestation period of 96 days, the female leopard gives birth to two or three leopard cubs. These leopard cubs weigh less than 1kg and will have their eyes shut for the first week. The female leopards protect their young by hiding them in rocks, dense thickets, bushes, old aardvark holes, and trees to keep them safe while they hunt and feed. Mothers wean their cubs completely at three months, and young leopards become independent around 20 months.
