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Camera hack reveals black leopards' hidden spots
The leopards of the Malay Peninsula are entirely black so nobody can tell them apart. Now we have a way to see their spots
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A black leopard, isn't that a panther?
A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of any Panthera species. Black panthers in Asia and Africa are leopards (Panthera pardus) and black panthers in the Americas are black jaguars (Panthera onca). From Wikipedia.
In short, panthers are just a nickname for black bigcats, not an actual species.