Two spotted leopards produce a litter of four cubs. Three of the cubs are spotted and one is solid black. The black coat is Recessive Trait
Explanation:
A recessive trait is a trait that have been expressed when an organism has two recessive alleles or two forms of a gene.
Traits are called the physical/non-physical characteristics of a organisms that can or cannot be observed.
Physical characteristics like hair, eye color can be observed while other characteristics like the shape of blood cells cannot be observed.
It is important to note that if the trait is dominant, one of the parents will have the trait. Dominant traits does not skip a generation. In case the trait is recessive, neither of the parent will have the trait .Recessive trait can skip a generation
So we can say that in the case mentioned in the question
Two spotted leopards produce a litter of four cubs. Three of the cubs are spotted and one is solid black. The black coat is Recessive Trait