A female will breed twice during the summer season and raise between two to six young.
Some females breed more than once a season, and the age at first pregnancy is seven months.
Females breed at a younger age because the male population is larger.
"If the female babies are killed, where do they get females to breed?"
A discovery has shown females are not breeding at the same time in a year.
Sexual maturity is reached at 10 months, and the females usually breed within the first year.
Females breed for the first time anywhere from three to seven years of age and males are often older.
The females, unlike the males, do not breed every year.
But only one female and male among them breed.
A discovery has revealed that females are breeding throughout the year.