What could account for all the black panther/solid black big cat sightings in Southern Appalachia? - Quora
HKG Life - In Latin America, a Black Panther is just a melanistic jaguar; in Asia and Africa it's a black leopard, and in North America it may be black jaguars or
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A Black Panther is the Melanistic Color Variant of Big Cat Stock Photo - Image of staring, conservation: 113416264
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