TIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinism
TIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinism


The trait is caused by a recessive allele in the leopard, and a dominant allele in the jaguar.
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I thought it was called revitiligo.
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