People will never stop admiring cats: the way they walk, the way they play or the way they hunt. From simple domestic cats – to powerful tigers and majestic lions – they all possess a simple but unattainable grace, and black panther is, probably the best example. Black panther is a black color variation of an animal we call a panther. But in different countries different species bear this name. When we’re talking about panther in North America, we mean a cougar, while for Latin America panther stands for jaguar, and in other regions it is the second name of a leopard. But while existence of black leopards and jaguars are proved – there is no such certainty about black cougar that is supposed to inhabit North America.

There are no proved cases of truly black cougar though people from such states as Kentucky, South and North Carolina, Kansas, Texas and Nebraska report the sightings of black panthers. Biologists and breeders consider black cougar to be a myth they suppose that people misidentify the animal they see. In Florida two dark furred bobcats were caught. Their fur seemed to be black but at closer examination it turned out to be of chocolate and mahogany tint. Also there exists another species – jaguarundi, that looks like a cougar and has a dark fur. So, probably there are no black panthers in the North America. Nevertheless, Black Panthers exist in the folklore of many Indians and together with an owl it symbolizes Death. Also there are a lot of video clips that tend to multiply our doubts. It can be compared with the problem of existence of the Bigfoot - nobody knows for sure. May be the black panther myth is not a myth at all?