Jaguar

Thanks patty! :)

Thanks Amber and Fadoua! :)

Identifying the big cats can be a bit confusing...this is in fact a melanistic jaguar, I've posted a picture of her mate who is a regular spotted jaguar http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6183246 You can use this website for identifying cats by their spots http://a-v-p.tumblr.com/post/4286817340/how-to-tell-apart-cheetahs-leopards-and-jaguars The black panther is a bit more confusing because that can actually refer to numerous different big cats. Here's what I got off wikipedia - Wild black panthers in Latin America are black jaguars (Panthera onca), in Asia and Africa they are black leopards (Panthera pardus), and in North America they may be black jaguars or possibly black cougars (Puma concolor – although this has not been proven to have a black variant), or smaller cats.