
In each species, a certain combination of alleles stimulates the production of large amounts of the dark pigment melanin in the animal’s fur and skin. In addition, the term is sometimes used to describe dark-coloured bobcats, lynx, jaguarundis, tigers, and pumas (cougars), even though reports of black-coloured representatives of some species, such as the puma, have not been confirmed.īlack coat coloration is attributed to the expression of recessive alleles in leopards and dominant alleles in jaguars. onca) of Central and South America black-furred variants of these species are also called black leopards and black jaguars, respectively.

The term black panther is most frequently applied to black-coated leopards ( Panthera pardus) of Africa and Asia and jaguars ( P.

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