DESCRIPTION

A black panther is typically a melanistic color variant of any Panthera species. Black panthers in Asia and Africa are leopards (Panthera pardus). Black panthers in the Americas are black jaguars (Panthera onca).

Young Black Panther males reach sexual maturity at about three years of age, females about a year ago. Females give birth to up to four cubs after 90 to 110 days of gestation, but raise no more than two to adulthood. Young can see the two weeks. They stay with the mother for a long time, up to two years before seeking to establish their own territory, which can measure between 25 and 150 km ². In captivity, P. onca can live up to 20 years.

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