tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agoBlack panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinismlemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1496arrow-down18
arrow-up1488arrow-down1imageBlack panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinismlemmy.worldtictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareCareHare@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoI don’t know about that. I’m far from a biologist, but in Dutch a panther is just a synonym for a leopard, not the whole Pantera family. The word panther is more associated with the black pelt, but still only refering to the species of leopard.
I don’t know about that. I’m far from a biologist, but in Dutch a panther is just a synonym for a leopard, not the whole Pantera family. The word panther is more associated with the black pelt, but still only refering to the species of leopard.