[SwinneySwitch]

The old timers just called them "panthers".

Anyway, we've got some "big cat" in the brush near our house!

[FormerACLUmember]

A few errors in this article.

There is photographic evidence of (non-black, dappled) jaguars last year in Arizona. Some jaguars can appear black. It is not impossible for "black panthers" to be in South Texas.

Cougars have returned to the North East, having migrated from Canada. They are probably back in upstate New York.

[Batrachian]

If people can believe in Bigfoot and little gray aliens, then black panthers (feline variety) are not so hard to swallow.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The term “black panther” is quite often used to describe large black cats, but there is no one distinct species of wild cat called a black panther. When a photo of a “black panther” is published, it is most likely a leopard or possibly a jaguar with melanistic coloration."

Clearly a case of racial profiling.

[joesnuffy]

ah...all cats have black color phases...a black cougar can be called a black panther a black jaguar the same name..
here kitty kitty

[Liberty Valance]

I lived in deep S. Texas for over 25 years and never saw a jaguar. I've seen a few bobcats but no jaguars. I have heard of jagarundi many years ago along the Rio Grande.

[Slicksadick]

Here are some baby "black panthers"