Even in NZ here there have been sightings of large black panther like animals on occasion but of course having never had cats other than the domestic variety in this country, these could only be large feral versions of the pet moggies.

Something I have always meant to ask since reading Jim Corbett's books on hunting in India, is a Panther just a colouration in the Leopard species ie a black Leopard? If so, where did they get the name Panther from?