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Leah asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 1 decade ago

What's the difference!!? (snow vs white leopards)?

What's the difference between:

Snow Leopard and White Leopard

Black Panther and Black Leopard

and how can i tell the difference?

I just need to make sure they actually exist lol

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    http://www.leopard-pictures.com/cool-snow-leopard....

    -Snow Leopard

    There is no such thing as a white leopard, although it is possible that some people refer to the snow leopard as a 'white leopard' since that is its coloring.

    http://www.citydirt.net/Black_Panther_on_mud_hill....

    -Black Leopard

    The black panther is the same thing as a black leopard. "Panther" is just another name referring to a big cat. Its like in America, when people refer to a 'mountain lion' as a 'cougar' or 'puma'. They are all the same thing, just different names.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Snow Leopard Vs Leopard

  • 1 decade ago

    The snow leopard lives in the high elevations of the Himalayas. It has special adaptations for the cold such as a very thick coat, a bushy tail, small head and very small ears to conserve heat. A white leopard would be an albinistic leopard. Snow leopards are a mottled grey.

    Snow leopard

    http://thisguysvoice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2...

    This is labeled as a white leopard in one place and on another site as a white jaguar (which it is NOT) To me it appears to be a cross of at least two leopard species (yes they can hybridize in captivity even though in the wild they would never meet) I think it may be an african or asian leopard crossed with a snow leopard. However it is white. It has too narrow of a tail and bigger ears and head than a snow leopard.

    http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/...

    Once all of the black leopards, cougars, and jaguars were thought to be the same species and were referred to as black panthers. Scientists realized that this however was incorrect fairly quickly but public belief had already been set and the misconception has carried on to this day. Now it is realized that all three cats have a black form,which is no different from having a two different dogs of the same type that are two different colors. All three are often commonly referred to as black panthers when they are in their black form. To tell them apart you need to look at the body and head shape. With practice it can be done fairly easily.

  • 1 decade ago

    The leopard (Panthera pardus) and the snow leopard (Uncia uncia) are different species. A white leopard would be an albino - albinism is a genetic condition that results in the animal lacking all pigmentation. Black panther is just the name commonly used for melanistic leopards - leopards with a genetic condition called melanism, which is basically the reverse of albinism (the animal has an excess of the dark pigment melanin). So a black panther and a black leopard are the same thing. Note that some people also refer to melanistic jaguars as panthers, though this is not technically correct.

    Here are some images:

    Leopard:

    http://www.maclaren.co.za/leopard.jpg

    Black leopard (panther):

    http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/1001/502...

    White leopard:

    http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://me...

    Snow leopard:

    http://chadao.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/snow-leo...

    Jaguar:

    http://animals.timduru.org/dirlist/jaguar/PV-Jagua...

    Black jaguar:

    http://dinets.travel.ru/mexjaguar.jpg

    Source(s): I used to be a zookeeper and have studied animals all my life.
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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    i have been surfing more than 2 hours today searching for answers to the same question, yet I haven't found any interesting discussion like this. it is pretty worth enough for me.

  • 1 decade ago

    In both of your examples, they are the same animal, they just have different common names depending on the region they are in.

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