Fill blank (vii).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

In jaguars, the mutation is (i)_______. Hence, black jaguars can (ii)_______ both black and (iii)______ cubs, but spotted jaguars only (iv)_______ spotted cubs when bred together. In leopards, the (v)_______ is recessive and some spotted leopards can produce the black cubs if both (vi)________ carry the gene in hidden form, while black leopards always breed true when mated together. In (vii)______ mounted specimens, black leopards often (viii)_______ to a rusty color, but black jaguars fade to chocolate brown. (ix)_______ black jaguar was (x)________ a separate species by indigenous people.