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What color is the panther?

There is no such thing as a panther.

The word itself most likely comes from the Sanskrit pandarab, "whitish-yellow", originally applied to a tiger.

The ancient Greeks borrowed and adapted it into panthera, meaning "all beasts". Moreover, it was used to describe both real and mythological animals.

In medieval heraldry, the panther was depicted as a noble multi-colored beast with a touching muzzle.

In the language of science, panthers are called all four well-known species from the genus of large animals of the cat family.

So, the lion is Panthera leo, the tiger is Panthera tigris, the leopard is Panthera pardus, and the jaguar is Panthera onca. They are the only cats that can growl. The animals that most of us think of as panthers are actually either black leopards (in Africa and Asia) or black jaguars (in South America).

None of the animals are completely black. A closer look shows that there are barely noticeable spots on their skin. This is the result of a genetic mutation, that is, the black pigment in the coat dominates over the orange.

A rare "white panther" is an albino leopard or albino jaguar.

In the US, when people say "panther" they mean the black cougar. Despite a lot of unconfirmed information and alleged sightings with their own eyes, no one has yet caught a single specimen.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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