Great picture of a melanistic leopard
We can see that this is a leopard and not a jaguar as the leopard is slenderer than the stockier jaguar. They melanistic jaguars look amazing. I don’t know where …
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Black mountain lion sighting off interstate 70 in Utah
Dwight Ward contacted me by email with his story of the sighting of a melanistic (black) mountain lion in Utah while he was hiking across the country. It was back …
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Pseudo-melanistic Bengal tiger inspects scent marking on a tree
The Indian ranger, Susanta Nanda, in his tweet describes this tiger, captured in a camera trap video, as melanistic. I think, in fact, that the tiger is better described as …
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Black leopard picture – where, what and how
People search for a ‘black leopard picture’. Here are some good ones. Leopards can often have the appearance of being jet black but they are not. Sometimes a black leopard …
Picture of a beautiful black jaguar a.k.a. black panther (melanistic jaguar)
This is a great picture from a short video made by The Big Cat Sanctuary showing Neron, a male, melanistic jaguar. The spots are called rosettes and they are nicely …
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Melanistic, black Bengal cat
The Russian breeder, Лариса Десятова, of this very interesting-looking black purebred cat describes him as a: ?♀️ Bengali male ?♀️ melanistic, born 30/11/20/. I believe that she means “Bengal male”. …
Are leopards and black panthers the same?
Yes, leopards and black panthers are the same but I have to add that the phrase “black panthers” refers to any melanistic (black) large wild cat. As a consequence it …
Small black cat sighting in central Kruger National Park
Artist Peter Hall was on a game drive in the central regions of Kruger National Park in South Africa, reports the EarthTouch News website. A “game drive” is one in …
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