• odiumEnglish
    141·
    9 months ago

    especially

    This implies that it’s more common for black furred leapords and jaguars to be called panthers, but other things can be called panthers too.

    • Successful_Try543@feddit.deEnglish
      31·
      9 months ago

      Isn’t the “especially” part an injection which could be left out, so essentially: “A panther is a large wild cat, […], with black fur”?

      • doctordevice@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        9 months ago

        Genera are within families, not the other way around. Maybe read a book?

        Also: the genus Panthera consists of 5 big cats. The other two big cats that aren’t in Panthera are the cougar, which is also colloquially called a panther, and the cheetah.

        So, in fact, “panther” can refer to any big cat other than cheetahs.

      • BakerBagel@midwest.socialEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        Dude, you clearly know nothing about taxonomy or big cats. You just want to be pedantic, but you are flat out wrong