Jaguars & Panthers terms

Jaguars of the Americas and black panthers: populations and corridors, Florida panthers, sightings, melanistic leopards and jaguars.

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Black pantherA popular name for a black leopard in Asia and Africa or a black jaguar in the Americas; there is no species of that name.MelanismAn inherited excess of dark pigment that turns an animal's coat black or very dark, as in black leopards, black jaguars and many house cats.