Are cougars and panthers the same animal?

Answer 1

Yes, Leopards and BLACK panthers are the same thing black panthers are just from a diffrent habitat than leopards if you ever get near a leopard (panthera de pardus) or Black Panther at the zoo or something if you look at the coat of the black panther they have the rossettes that the regular leopards have the only difference is that the black panthers are dark.

Panthers are leopards, and cougars, and jaguars! Panther is a generic term that describes any of these three species. And black cubs can be found in the same litter with spotted cubs. More black leopards come from Asia than Africa.

Answer 2

A cougar is a North American animal in the cat family. It has the name puma and mountain lion also, but not leopard. A leopard is found in other countries. A leopard has spots. A cougar has no spots. Both cats are called panthers, as is the jaguar.

Answer 3

Not all panthers are mountain lions. There are Asian and African panthers. When 'panther' describes the North American Puma concolor, cougar and panther are synonyms. There are regional preferences in the name so you may hear mountain lions called cougars, painters, panthers and pumas.
Yea, Panther, Puma, Mountain Lion and cougar are all names of one animal
yes, they are both classified as pumas, mountain lions, catamounts, cougar, and panther

Answer 4

Here is information that can answer your question. I got it from Wikipedia. It is a useful tool.

Large cats

• Panthera
• , the feline genus which contains lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars

• Panther (in Africa and Asia), the leopard (Panthera pardus)

• Panther (in North America), the cougar or mountain lion (Puma concolor)

• Florida panther
• , a subspecies of cougar (Puma concolor coryi or Puma concolor couguar) found in southern Florida

• Panther (in South and Central America), the jaguar (Panthera onca)

• Black panther
• , a black variant of leopard, jaguar or cougar

• White panther
• , a white or very pale variant of leopard, jaguar or cougar

• Panther (legendary creature)
• , a mythical creature resembling a large multicolored cat

Answer 5

None, it is it's own species. RUBBISH

Panthera is the name of the genus that includes lion leopard jaguar and tiger. Panther is often used to refer to one or more of these species. Black panther is the name given to black leopards or jaguars

Answer 6

A black panther is the melanistic color 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). A panther is a member of the panthera genus and includes the leopard of Africa and Asia and the jaguar of the Americas. The puma is not a panthet.

Answer 7

Panther is a generic term and does not apply to a single species. It may refer to a lion - panthera leo

a tiger - panthera tigris

a leopard - pantera pardus

a jaguar - panthera onca

a snow leopard - panthera uncia

The cougar, Puma concolor, is from an entirely different genus and not a panther. Sometimes the cougar is called a panther but that is in error.

Answer 8

Panther is a generic term and does not apply to a single species. It may refer toa lion - panthera leo

a tiger - panthera tigris

a leopard - panthera pardus

a jaguar - panthera onca

a snow leopard - panthera uncia

Cougars are sometimes called panthers but they are not. They belong to a different genus - puma.

Answer 9

Panther is a generic term and does not apply to a single species. It may refer toa lion - panthera leo

a tiger - panthera tigris

a leopard - panthera pardus

a jaguar - panthera onca

a snow leopard - panthera unciaA cougar is NOT a panther even though they are erroneously called panthers. The cougar is in the different genus of puma not panthera.

Answer 10

No, the cougar belongs to the genus Puma and the leopard belongs to the genus Panthera. The genus Pumaincludes the cougar and the jaguarundi. The Panthera genus includes the lion, tiger, leopards, snow leopards and jaguars