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Colorahdo
02/18/18 9:44:16 AM
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There are black leopards

There are black jaguars

Jaguars and panthers are genus Panthera (pan = all, thera = prey), a group scientists call "panthers" (also including lions and tigers)

Southerners call mountain lions/cougars/pumas "panthers", but they are not in genus Panthera

While it is technically possible for a mountain lion to be the opposite of albino -- melanistic -- and thereby all black, it is not a normal coat color for them and has never in recorded history been documented, despite what bigfoot hunters in Florida will say

So, in conclusion: there are black jaguars and there are black leopards, but there is no extra species of cat only called "black panther"
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shanefu22
02/18/18 9:48:53 AM
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Colorahdo posted...
There are black leopards

There are black jaguars

Jaguars and panthers are genus Panthera (pan = all, thera = prey), a group scientists call "panthers" (also including lions and tigers)

Southerners call mountain lions/cougars/pumas "panthers", but they are not in genus Panthera

While it is technically possible for a mountain lion to be the opposite of albino -- melanistic -- and thereby all black, it is not a normal coat color for them and has never in recorded history been documented, despite what bigfoot hunters in Florida will say

So, in conclusion: there are black jaguars and there are black leopards

Shoulda called the movie Black Jaguar.
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Slip-N-Slide
02/18/18 9:51:20 AM
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prettyprincess
02/18/18 9:51:34 AM
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Colorahdo posted...
There are black jaguars

Jaguars ... are genus Panthera (pan = all, thera = prey), a group scientists call "panthers"

the math checks out to me
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eston
02/18/18 9:53:10 AM
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R0ttedHorror
02/18/18 9:56:22 AM
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You know what would be sick? A black alligator. Or a black reindeer.
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Colorahdo
02/18/18 9:59:04 AM
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prettyprincess posted...
Colorahdo posted...
There are black jaguars

Jaguars ... are genus Panthera (pan = all, thera = prey), a group scientists call "panthers"

the math checks out to me


you're right, those are black panthers, I'm just saying there's no species of animal that is just a black panther. All black panthers are leopards or jaguars
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Cal12
02/18/18 10:00:19 AM
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Dude, a black panther is literally just a derivative of the Latin name for a big black cat. Talk about splitting hairs.
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Game_Fan09
02/18/18 10:06:35 AM
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Ask Malcolm X.
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RoboLaserGandhi
02/18/18 10:08:18 AM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_panther

A black panther is the melanistic color variant of any big cat species.
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jumi
02/18/18 10:23:42 AM
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shanefu22 posted...
Colorahdo posted...
There are black leopards

There are black jaguars

Jaguars and panthers are genus Panthera (pan = all, thera = prey), a group scientists call "panthers" (also including lions and tigers)

Southerners call mountain lions/cougars/pumas "panthers", but they are not in genus Panthera

While it is technically possible for a mountain lion to be the opposite of albino -- melanistic -- and thereby all black, it is not a normal coat color for them and has never in recorded history been documented, despite what bigfoot hunters in Florida will say

So, in conclusion: there are black jaguars and there are black leopards

Shoulda called the movie Black Jaguar.


There aren't any jaguars in Africa. They should've called the character Black Leopard.
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DoomtheGrav
02/19/18 4:09:32 PM
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The movie is about a guy not an animal afaik
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