20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Son of the night
Black panthers are jaguars (or leopards) with melanism, the opposite of albinism, i.e. an excess of black pigment. In this case it is a jaguar (Panthera onca). In Peru it is known as otorongo, a word of Quechua origin that means jaguar. It is the largest feline in the Americas.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 07.2021 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2022 |
| Photo Location: | Spain |
| Copyright: | © Pedro Jarque Krebs |