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8 Comments

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Very Impressive,

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

The term black panther, as Glen noted, doesn't refer to any separate species but melanistic jaguars and leopards. You can see their spots and rosettes when the sunlight hits their fur; they are just as spotted as their fellow cats.

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 11 years ago

Photo number two is really nice as you can see all the beautiful markings, I do believe there is evidence to show that black panthers are actually melanistic jaguars. tried so hard to see one of these in Guyana but no luck :(

Glen Marks
Glen Marks 11 years ago

Gilma, it's a jaguar as well, but, from Wikipedia.............."The black jaguar is one of three animals called "panther" – the others are the black leopard and the cougar."

Do not know much about this gorgeous animals but the last picture, is it not a Black Panther?! and different than the two first pictures?

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wonderful series !

Matthijs
Matthijs 11 years ago

Nice

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Beautiful shots!

Glen Marks
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Glen Marks

Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Jan 26, 2013
Submitted on Feb 22, 2013

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