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Behaviour | Natural History Museum
Behaviour | Natural History Museum
Behaviour | Natural History Museum
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Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding

Behaviour

Cryptoprocta ferox are solitary except during breeding season. They are usually nocturnal and crepuscular, although may occasionally be seen during the day (Kohncke 1986), (Nowak 2005)

Breeding

Cryptoprocta ferox breed in September-October (Kohncke 1986).

They have an unusual mating system in which a single female will occupy a tree and mate with several males, sometimes repeatedly, over 1 or more days.

The same site is occupied for several days with females sequentially replacing each other. Cryptoprocta ferox have been observed to use the same tree as a traditional site for mating (Hawkins 2009).

Gestation is approximately 3 months and young are born blind and toothless but furred (Kohncke 1986). Litters range in size from 2--4 young (Nowak 2005). The eyes open at 12 days old and they begin to eat solids at 90 days (Ewer 1973).

The young leave the den after 4.5 months and are then weaned.

Sexual maturity is thought to occur at 4 years (Nowak 2005).

Arkive footage of Cryptoprocta ferox breeding