# Panther

The Panther (Latin: Panthera) is a genus of big cats.

## Large cats

* Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera Panthera and Neofelis
** Panthera, the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards
*** Jaguar (Panthera onca), found in South and Central America
*** Leopard (Panthera pardus), found in Africa and Asia
*** Black panther, a name for the phenotypic genetic variant that forms the black leopard or jaguar
* Cougar, a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther
** Florida panther, a population of cougar

## Art, media, and entertainment
### Video games

* Panther (1975 video game), a battle tank-driving game developed for the PLATO system
* Panther (1986 video game), a flight game developed for the Commodore 64 and Atari 800XL/130XE
* Atari Panther, a cancelled video game console, expected to be released in the early 1990s
* Panther, the codename for Ann Takamaki, a character from Persona 5

### Other media

* Panther (film), 1995 British film
* Panther (owarai), Japanese comedy trio
* Panthers (band), American hardcore punk band
* The Panthers (miniseries), 2021 New Zealand miniseries

## Brands and enterprises

* Panther (company), German maker of professional camera cranes and dollies
* Panther (publisher), publishing house specialising in paperback fiction
* Panther Software, Japanese video game company
* Panther Westwinds, defunct British car manufacturer

## People

* Yoshikazu Yahiro, Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther
* The Panther (Sam Brushell), Indian who lived in Otsego County, New York in the 1800s
* Anne Panther (birth 1982), German FIBA basketball official
* Clinton Panther (birth 1991), South African field hockey player
* Jim Panther (birth 1945), American major league baseball player
* Manny Panther (birth 1984), Scottish former footballer

## Political groups

* Black Panther Party, Black nationalist organization
* Black Panthers (Israel), Israeli protest movement
* Dalit Panthers, revolutionary anti-caste organization founded by dalits in Maharashtra, India
* Gray Panthers, American organization promoting senior citizens' rights
* Polynesian Panthers, political group in New Zealand
* White Panther Party, political collective founded to support the Black Panthers

## Science and technology

* PANTHER (Protein ANalysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships), a biological database of gene/protein families
* DR DOS "Panther", the code-name of Novell's Novell DOS 7
* Mac OS X Panther, an operating system

## Sports
### Professional and amateur sports
#### Basketball

* GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück, a German women's basketball team
* Helsinki Panthers, a basketball club from Helsinki, Finland
* Indian Panthers, Indian basketball team in New Zealand NBL
* Les Panthères, nickname for Gabon's national basketball team
* Soweto Panthers, a South African basketball team

#### Ice hockey

* Augsburger Panther, a DEL ice hockey team
* ERC Ingolstadt aka The Panthers, a German ice hockey team in the DEL
* Embrun Panthers, an Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League team
* Florida Panthers, an American professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, that competes in the NHL
* Nottingham Panthers, an ice hockey club in the EIHL

#### Rugby

* Blackpool Panthers, an English rugby league team
* Penrith Panthers, a rugby league team in the NRL
* Wests Panthers, an Australian rugby league team
* Western Panthers Rugby Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

#### American football

* Carolina Panthers, an American professional football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that competes in the NFL and is in the NFC South division
* Düsseldorf Panther, an American football club from Düsseldorf, Germany
* Michigan Panthers, a former professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan, that competed in the now-defunct United States Football League

#### Other sports

* South Adelaide Football Club (Panthers), an Australian Rules football team in the SANFL
* The Panthers, nickname for Panionios, a sports club in Athens
* Red Panthers, nickname for Belgium women's national field hockey team
* Panther Racing, an open wheel racing team

### College and university sports

* Eastern Illinois Panthers, Eastern Illinois University
* Florida Tech Panthers, Florida Institute of Technology
* FIU Golden Panthers, Florida International University
* Georgia State Panthers, Georgia State University
* Hanover Panthers, Hanover College
* Middlebury Panthers, Middlebury College
* Milwaukee Panthers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
* Northern Iowa Panthers, University of Northern Iowa
* Panamerican University Panthers, Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City, Mexico)
* Penn State Nittany Lions, Pennsylvania State University
* Pittsburgh Panthers, University of Pittsburgh
* USPF Panthers, University of Southern Philippines Foundation (Cebu City, Philippines)

### High school sports

* Permian Panthers, the high school football team featured in H.G. Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (1990)
* Barnsdall Panthers, Barnsdall High School, Barnsdall, Oklahoma
* Cedar Grove Panthers, Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove, New Jersey
* Chapman Panthers, Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina)
* Colleyville Heritage Panthers, Colleyville Heritage High School (Colleyville, Texas)
* Cypress Lake Panthers, Cypress Lake High School (Fort Myers, Florida)
* Edgemont Panthers, Edgemont Junior - Senior High School, Scarsdale, New York
* Franklin Regional Panthers, Franklin Regional High School, Murrysville, Pennsylvania
* Glencoe Panthers, Glencoe High School (Oklahoma)
* Hillcrest Panthers, Hillcrest High School (Dallas)
* Jennings County Panthers, Jennings County High School (North Vernon, Indiana)
* Lake City Panthers, Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina)
* Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, Surrey, British Columbia
* Middle Township Panthers, Middle Township High School, Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey
* Midlothian Panthers, Midlothian High School (Texas)
* Morehead Panthers, John Motley Morehead High School, Eden, North Carolina
* Palmetto Panthers, Miami Palmetto High School, Pinecrest, Florida
* Parkdale Panthers, Parkdale High School, Riverdale Park, Maryland
* Pine View Panthers, Pine View High School, St. George, Utah
* Pitman Panthers, Pitman High School, Pitman, New Jersey
* Point Pleasant Boro Panthers, Point Pleasant Borough High School, Point Pleasant, New Jersey
* Redmond Panthers, Redmond High School (Oregon)
* Springboro Panthers, Springboro High School, Springboro, Ohio
* Spring Lake Park Panthers, Spring Lake Park High School Blaine, Fridley, and Spring Lake Park, Minnesota
* Sterlington Panthers, Sterlington High School, Sterlington, and Monroe, Louisiana
* The Panthers, Browning School, New York, NY
* Reitz High Panthers, FJ Reitz High School, Evansville, Indiana
* Modesto High Panthers, Modesto High School, Modesto, California

## Transportation
### Aircraft

* Eurocopter AS565 Panther, military helicopter
* Grumman F9F Panther, jet fighter used by the US Navy in the Korean War
* PANTHER, the callsign for Falcon Air Express
* Rotec Panther, American ultralight aircraft
* Armstrong Siddeley Panther, British aero-engine

### Land transportation

* Panther (amphibious vehicle), American amphibious car
* Panther (motorcycle), British brand
* Chevrolet Panther, codename for the 1960s car that would eventually become the Chevrolet Camaro
* De Tomaso Pantera, an Italian sports car
* Ford Panther platform, a sedan automobile platform
* Isuzu Panther, a multi-purpose vehicle
* Leyland Panther, a 1960s British single-deck bus
* Plaxton Panther, a coach body
* Panther Westwinds, a car manufacturer
* Rosenbauer Panther, an airport crash tender

#### Military

* Iveco LMV, a small armoured vehicle supplied to the British Army branded as the BAE Panther
* Panther tank, a medium tank used by Germany in World War II
* RG-33, Medium Mine Protected Vehicle, supplied to the US Army as the BAE Panther
* K2 Black Panther, main battle tank for Korean forces
* Panther KF51, prototype fourth generation main battle tank.

### Ships

* HMS Panther, the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy
* SMS Panther, a German gunboat, which sparked the Agadir Crisis in 1911
* SMS Panther (1885), an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser
* SS Panther, an Italian ferry in service 1962–1968
* USS Panther, two vessels of the United States Navy
* German torpedo boat Panther (1940), a German torpedo boat of World War II

## Other uses

* Panther, Daviess County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Panther (legendary creature), a legendary creature featured in heraldry