dream_weasel ,

For anyone else interested, melanism does not exist in humans. So no...

Twinklebreeze ,

I thought it was called revitiligo.

Illuminostro ,

"Don't trust them new panthers over there..."

regdog ,

I alredy knew that

Everythingispenguins ,

I bet you're no fun at parties

regdog ,

Certainly not

nyakojiru ,
@nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

The Jaguar has a scientific name: the Panthera onca
Originally, the jaguar inhabited from northern Argentine Patagonia to the southern United States. The threats affecting the feline include deforestation and habitat loss, hunting, and jaguar and other animal roadkill.
Due to its wide geographical distribution, the same species is called by various names depending on the culture and region it inhabited: jaguar, el pintado, onça pintada, nahuel, American tiger, jaguar, balam, otorongo, among others.

Ejh3k ,

My university's mascot was a panther. And while I was on student government we tried to pass a resolution that basically said that because we were at an institute of higher learning we shouldn't have a mascot that empirically doesn't exist.

It didn't get passed.

What's funnier to me is that they changed their mascot to essentially be a mountain lion. We have absolutely zero mountains anywhere near us.

Zitronensaft ,

Mountain lion only describes one type of habitat cougars live in, they have the widest distribution of all the big cats and live in a variety of habitats, including the Everglades swamp in Florida, in canyons, and in areas with a lot of scrubby brush they can ambush from.

CptEnder ,

Coney Island cougars are pretty chill if you give em a chopped cheese and a Newport

olicvb ,
@olicvb@lemmy.ca avatar

Can a panther be born from two black panthers and not be black? I don't know about their habits, do they have prides and would that pride end up with mixed black panthers, Leopards, Jaguars in it? or do these get kicked out?

Catoblepas ,

Lions are the only big cats that form prides (and interestingly have never been observed with melanism IIRC), other big cats are solitary except for the first year or two of their lives while learning from their mother. After they reach adulthood they’re all kicked out of mom’s territory. But within that one litter you can definitely have some spotted and some all black!

CptEnder ,

Do cheetahs not also pack together? Feel like I've seen pictures of them in groups.

Catoblepas ,

AFAIK cheetahs only hang out in groups in the wild when it’s mom and her cubs learning to hunt, or adult males from the same litter may hang out together as adults.

sjmarf OP ,
@sjmarf@sh.itjust.works avatar

Can a panther be born from two black panthers and not be black?

Based on my rudimentary high-school knowledge of alleles, the answer would be “yes” for some jaguar pairings, with a 25% chance of getting a regular jaguar in those pairings. It wouldn’t be possible for leopards.

I’m not an expert though so if I’m wrong feel free to correct me

JoMomma ,

You can see their spots in the sun

Plopp ,

Also called sunspots, caused by the panther's magnetic flux.

Everythingispenguins ,

Do they get worse every 11 years?

sjmarf OP ,
@sjmarf@sh.itjust.works avatar

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/71360262-5bac-4b0d-acc1-f40572ff52e3.jpeg

JoMomma ,

Thanks! I even had a black house cat that had spots in the sun

CptEnder ,

Aggg I just wanna scritch that butt!

SamsonSeinfelder ,

why do we say "black panther" if panthers are always black?

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I guess because one is Pink

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

I think the mountain lion / cougar is sometimes called a panther, too. Like the Florida panther.

The word is a little bit like raptor is used for some birds. It means big cat.

littlebluespark ,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

No. Wrong again. FFS. I guess school is out already today on the East coast? 🤦🏼‍♂️

hydroptic ,

Oxford English Dictionary:

panther | ˈpænθər |
noun

a leopard, especially a black one.

• North American English a large American wild cat with a plain tawny to grayish coat, found from Canada to Patagonia. Also called cougar, mountain lion, puma

littlebluespark ,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

Panthers are NOT "always black", as the title of this post and the crux of the linked article state. The condition is "the opposite of albinism", which implies similar rarity — not a constant. 😶

Nurse_Robot ,

Got a link?

littlebluespark ,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

Below, with the chuckleheads blathering their confident nonsense as "fact".

Nurse_Robot ,

Imagine arguing nomenclature and being this much of a dick about it

dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

No. Wrong again. FFS. Do your research. Panthers are “a large wild cat, especially a leopard or jaguar, in a color form with black fur”

odium ,

especially

This implies that it's more common for black furred leapords and jaguars to be called panthers, but other things can be called panthers too.

littlebluespark ,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

It's a fucking subfamily of a genus, people. Read a gawdamned book.

doctordevice ,

Genera are within families, not the other way around. Maybe read a book?

Also: the genus Panthera consists of 5 big cats. The other two big cats that aren't in Panthera are the cougar, which is also colloquially called a panther, and the cheetah.

So, in fact, "panther" can refer to any big cat other than cheetahs.

BakerBagel ,

Dude, you clearly know nothing about taxonomy or big cats. You just want to be pedantic, but you are flat out wrong

Successful_Try543 ,

Isn't the "especially" part an injection which could be left out, so essentially: "A panther is a large wild cat, [...], with black fur"?

littlebluespark ,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

You fucking knob. 🤦🏼‍♂️

littlebluespark ,
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

"Panthera is the name of the genus to which the animal belongs, and leo is the name of the species within this genus."

You cite a dictionary link in reference to a scientific classification question? Are you 10?

dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

Oh no! You’re right. How dare I use a dictionary of all things to define words? What was I thinking. Of course your superior intellect could easily see through my charade. Whatever would we do without you around to point out our mistakes?

Shut up.

agent_flounder ,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.world avatar

Are you being an asshole about it? Oh wait I don't need to look it up lol

sadbehr ,
@sadbehr@lemmy.nz avatar

What about https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantera

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