Actually it's most likely to be a Black Panther. Not one of the Stokely Carmichael ones I

mean these mothers.

The commonly used word panther, probably derived form the Latin word "Panthera" which is a genus of the animal subfamily Felinae (the cats) in terms of animal taxonomy. This genus panthera contains four well-know living speices: lion, tiger, jaguar, and leopard. Only these four cat species have the anatomical changes enabling them to roar.

Black panther is not a distinct species but just a common name for a black specimen (melanistic variant) of several species of cats belong to the genus panthera. Melanism occurs because of a mutation or abnormality of one of the cats genes which is associated with coat coloration and markings. Melanism is most common in the leopard and jaguar. Other species of cats within genus panthera have not known to produce all-black variant of cats. The darkest confirmed tigers (some call it black tiger) still have orange stripes. Therefore black leopard and black jaguar are only two legitimate types of black panther scientifically recognized today.

Posted By: jafski, Jul 28, 15:39:18