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what does the black panther animal look like
The Black Panther tends to be dark brown to black in colour and is otherwise identical to the feline species to which it belongs.
where can a black panther be found
A black panther leopard (P. pardus) can be found in Asia and Africa. The jaguar (P. onca) can be found in the Americas.
does the black panther appear in pop culture
Bagheera in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is an Indian panther that mentors the human character Mowgli

Question: what makes the cat black
Self-contained rewrite: what makes the black panther black