Sjmarf to Today I [email protected]English • 3 months agoTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismimagemessage-square37arrow-up1531arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1526arrow-down1imageTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismSjmarf to Today I [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square37file-text
The trait is caused by a recessive allele in the leopard, and a dominant allele in the jaguar. Black Panther on Wikipedia
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish44•3 months agoOxford 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
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