Leopards live in wooded savannas and forest at various altitudes, as well as rocky semi-desert areas near scrubby vegetation in Africa, south of the Sahara, and southern Asia. Leopards are the most widespread member of the cat family, largely due to their highly adaptable hunting and feeding behavior. What Do They Eat Carnivores, their preferred prey are small antelopes, hares, warthogs, and ground birds, but they will eat most species of monkeys, especially baboons. These cats catch a great variety of small prey by a combination of opportunism, stealth and speed. Because of the variety and smaller size of their prey, leopards avoid strong competition with lions, tigers, hyenas, and African wild dogs, which depend on larger prey.
Leopards are nearly always solitary, except for brief courtship's and mating periods.
They are mostly nocturnal, spending the day resting in branches of trees, or may lie in ambush for prey. They move with agility in trees where they often devour their prey. Leopards have no particular breeding season, and females are receptive at 3 to 7 weeks intervals. Only the mother cares for the young which are fully independent after about one year of age. Cubs leave their mothers at 18 to 20 months of age.