panthers!!! help me out a bit! ^_^ plz?

Question

i've gotta submit this science report on panthers till17th of nov.
plz gimme some cool facts about panthers.......or just normal points!!

Answer 1

The cats, the 'political' group or the jocks?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthers
Pick one. :)

My guess is you refer to these babies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther

Answer 2

Panthera is a genus of the family Felidae (the cats), which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, lion, leopard, and jaguar. The genus comprises about half of the big cats. One meaning of the word panther is to designate cats of this family. Only these four cat species have the anatomical changes enabling them to roar - the incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone.


Species and subspecies
There have been many subspecies of leopard and lion suggested; however, most of these are questionable. Recently it has been proposed that all sub-saharan leopards and all sub-saharan lions belong to the same subspecies, as they do not have sufficient genetic distinction between them. Some prehistoric lion subspecies have been described from historical evidence and fossils. They may have been separate species.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera

Answer 3

Any big cat from the genus Panthera e.g. Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar

Early naturalists classed leopards with longer tails as panthers while those with shorter tails were classed as leopards

A leopard, jaguar or puma with melanism is colloquially called a black panther, or with white fur, a white panther