because people are killing them!
There is no single species called a black panther. Black panthers may be melanistic (black) jaguars or melanistic leopards. Neither leopards nor jaguars are endangered but are either vulnerable or near threatened.
They were both hunted for their beautiful spotted coats, however, neither cat is an endangered species.
Panther is a generic term that refers to animals of the panthera genus and includes African lions, tigers, leopards, snow leopards and jaguars. The snow leopards are endangered as are some populations of lions and tigers and jaguars.
Cheetahs have spots. but leopards and jaguars have rosstetes. jaguars rossetes have dots in te middle and the leopards dont.
Black panthers are actually a color variant of other species of cats - leopards or jaguars. They are not a specific species and therefor, although very rare, they are not endangered.
They are endangered Jaguars are not endangered, but listed as "Near Threatened" by the IUCN.
Black panthers are either black leopards or black jaguars. Neither species is currently an endangered species.
Snow Leopards are an endangered speicies.
First, jaguars and ocelots are not the same. Jaguars look like leopards, with spots arranged in rosettes and rings in gold and brown fur. Ocelots are cat-like, with dark spots and streaks in reddish or tawny fur. They are endangered.
Black panthers are black leopards, and, black jaguars.
Yes.
Black panthers are actually a color variant of other species of cats - leopards or jaguars. They are not a specific species and therefor, although very rare, they are not endangered.