• Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    It’s a leopard, or maybe a jaguar. Cheetah have a black line running from their eye down their cheeks…

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      21 days ago

      Right so. This one is probably a leopard (Panthera pardus), based on Cheema’s body of photos. Not sure if he’s been to the Americas yet, altho I could be totally whiffing on that.

      Fun fact ⭐ The Carnivoran order is comprised of two lines-- the cat-forms (“Feliformia”) and dog-forms (“Caniformia”). Panthers are the “big cats” of the feliform line. They include leopards, tigers, lions, jaguars and snow leopards.

      So for example, when someone says “black panther” or (more rarely) “white panther,” it could potentially refer to any of FIVE different species of big cats, based on their melanistic or leucistic coat coloration.


      @0li0li@lemmy.world

      Is/am Cheeta
      FTFY

      c/confidentlyincorrect material will always be welcome across the fediverse. Thank you for your contribution.

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        21 days ago

        It was just a bad joke with the author’s name, not an actual correction/contribution :)

        I appreciate the education tho!