Edwin Giesbers / Close up head portrait of melanistic / black Leopard (Panthera pardus) captive

Lynn M Stone / Melanistic (black form) leopard snarling, often called black panther (captive)

Edwin Giesbers / Close up head portrait of melanistic / black Leopard (Panthera pardus) Captive

Andy Rouse / Melanistic Jaguar (Panthera onca) in rainforest, captive, Belize

Mark Bowler / Black Jaguar or Panther (Panthera onca) snarling, captive, Peru

Dave Watts / Leopard Black / Melanistic Panther) {Panthera pardus} looking startled, Captive

Pete Oxford / Black panther (Jaguar) {Panthera onca} captive, Amazonia, Brazil.

Lynn M Stone / Melanistic (black form) leopard (Panthera pardus) often called Black panther. Captive.

Lynn M Stone / Melanistic (black form) leopard, often called black panther, USA (captive). Spots visible on legs.

Pete Oxford / Jaguar (Panthera onca) in rainforest at night, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana, Endangered

Eric Baccega / Head portrait of female Jaguar (Panthera onca) black melanic form, captive.