Question: what is the difference between a black panther and a puma?
Answer: But no matter what you call it, it's still the same cat, Puma concolor, the largest of the small cat species. ... And “panther” is a general term for cats that have solid-colored coats, so it was used for pumas as well as black jaguars. All of these names are considered correct, but scientists usually use the name puma.