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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Variant of leopard and jaguar For other uses, see Black panther (disambiguation). A melanistic Indian leopard in Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca). Black panthers of both ...
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera that is native to the Americas.With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 158 kg (348 lb), it is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.
Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger.
The Javan leopard (Panthera pardus melas) is a leopard subspecies confined to the Indonesian island of Java.It has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2021. . The population is estimated at 188–571 mature individuals in 22 fragmented subpopulations and a declining population tr
An Indian black panther named 'Bagheera' is featured in Rudyard Kipling's 1894 novel The Jungle Book, as well as in Disney's 1967 and 2016 film adaptations. [89] The book Man-Eaters of Kumaon is based on man-eating leopards and tigers in Kumaon Division. [90] Ajoba is a 2014 Marathi film directed by Sujay Dahake and written by Gauri Bapat. It ...
The Pantherinae is a subfamily of the Felidae; it was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917 as only including the Panthera species, [2] but later also came to include the clouded leopards (genus Neofelis).
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It is capable of killing most ungulates in its habitat, with the probable exception of the adult male wild yak. It also eats grass and twigs. [31] The snow leopard actively pursues prey down steep mountainsides, using the momentum of its initial leap to chase animals for up to 300 m (980 ft).