tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agoBlack panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinismlemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down18
arrow-up1490arrow-down1imageBlack panthers are not an actual species - they are jaguars and leopards with melanism, the opposite of albinismlemmy.worldtictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squaremySFWaccountlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoAlso, Jaguars are from America*, and Leopards are from Africa/Middle East. Edit: definitely not a lot of jaguars in North America!
minus-squareMarmaladeMermaid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoJaguars are from South America. North America has the Mountain Lion aka cougar, puma, screamer, panther or pantera concolor. Technically not a “big cat “ but it’s the largest of the small cats, 75 - 140 pounds.
minus-squarejake_eric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI’d say Jaguars are mainly from South and Central America. Central America is technically part of North America, but point is they’re more in the South.
Also, Jaguars are from America*, and Leopards are from Africa/Middle East.
Edit: definitely not a lot of jaguars in North America!
Jaguars are from South America. North America has the Mountain Lion aka cougar, puma, screamer, panther or pantera concolor.
Technically not a “big cat “ but it’s the largest of the small cats, 75 - 140 pounds.
No, Jaguar is brit.
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I’d say Jaguars are mainly from South and Central America. Central America is technically part of North America, but point is they’re more in the South.