Panther
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Large cats

  • Panthera
    Panthera
    Panthera is a genus of the family Felidae , which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, and the leopard. The genus comprises about half of the Pantherinae subfamily, the big cats...

    , the feline genus which contains lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars
  • Panther (in Africa and Asia), the leopard
    Leopard
    The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

     (Panthera pardus)
  • Panther (in North America), the cougar or mountain lion (Puma concolor)
    • Florida panther
      Florida Panther
      The Florida panther is an endangered subspecies of cougar that lives in forests and swamps of southern Florida in the United States. Its current taxonomic status is unresolved, but recent genetic research alone does not alter the legal conservation status...

      , a subspecies of cougar (Puma concolor coryi or Puma concolor couguar) found in southern Florida
  • Panther (in South and Central America), the jaguar
    Jaguar
    The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...

     (Panthera onca)
  • Black panther
    Black panther
    A black panther is typically a melanistic color variant of any of several species of larger cat. Wild black panthers in Latin America are black jaguars , in Asia and Africa they are black leopards , and in North America they may be black jaguars or possibly black cougars A black panther is...

    , a black variant of leopard, cougar or jaguar
  • White panther
    White panther
    A white panther is a white specimen of any of several species of larger cat. "Panther" is used in some parts of North America to mean the Cougar , in South America to mean the Jaguar and elsewhere it refers to the Leopard . A white panther may therefore be a white cougar, a white jaguar or a white...

    , a white or very pale variant of leopard, cougar or jaguar
  • Panther (legendary creature)
    Panther (legendary creature)
    A Panther is a creature out of ancient myth that resembles a big cat with a multicoloured hide.Under medieval belief after feasting the panther will sleep in a cave for a total of three days. After this period ends, the panther roars, in the process emitting a sweet smelling odor...

    , a mythical creature resembling a large multicolored cat

Automotive

  • Chevrolet Panther, codename for the 1960s car that would eventually become the Chevrolet Camaro
  • Panther (motorcycle)
  • Ford Panther platform
    Ford Panther platform
    The Ford Panther platform is an automobile platform that was used by Ford Motor Company for full-size, rear-wheel drive sedans. Introduced in late 1978 for the 1979 model year, it was progressively updated over 33 years of production. In September 2011, the last car produced on the platform was...

    , a sedan automobile platform
  • Isuzu Panther
    Isuzu Panther
    The Isuzu Panther is a multi-purpose vehicle and pickup truck manufactured in Indonesia for the Asian market by Isuzu Motors. The model is suited to carrying large loads of passengers or cargo. It was developed to meet local conditions in terms of climate, roads and family structure as a durable...

    , a multi-purpose vehicle
  • Panther Westwinds
    Panther Westwinds
    Panther Westwinds was a manufacturer of niche sports cars and luxury cars, based in Surrey, United Kingdom. Founded in 1972 by Robert Jankel, the Panther company enjoyed success throughout the 1970s with retro-styled cars based on the mechanical components of standard production cars from other...

    , a car manufacturer
  • De Tomaso Pantera
    De Tomaso Pantera
    The Pantera was a sports car produced by the De Tomaso car company of Italy from 1971 to 1991, the last one being delivered to a customer in 1992.The word "Pantera" is Italian for "Panther".-History:...

    , an Italian sports car
  • Leyland Panther
    Leyland Panther
    The Leyland Panther was a rear-engined single-deck bus chassis built by Leyland between 1964 and 1972. It gained a reputation for unreliability, which to some extent was common to many of the first generation of rear-engined single-deckers....

    , a 1960s British single-deck bus

Media and entertainment

  • Panther (computer game)
  • Panther (film)
    Panther (film)
    Panther is a 1995 film directed by Mario Van Peebles, from a screenplay adapted by his father, Melvin Van Peebles, based on his book. The film dramatizes the story of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense...

  • Panther (publisher)
    Panther (publisher)
    Panther Books Ltd was a British publishing house especially active in the 1950s and 1960s, specialising in paperback fiction. It was established in May 1952 by Hamilton's Ltd and titles carried the line "A Panther Book" or "Panther Science Fiction" on the cover...

    , a publishing house specialising in paperback fiction
  • Yoshikazu Yahiro
    Yoshikazu Yahiro
    Yoshikazu Yahiro , better known by his stage name Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther, is a Japanese metal guitarist...

    , Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther
  • Panthers (band)
    Panthers (band)
    Panthers is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The Village Voice described them as "groundbreaking dissonant HC with Rolling Stones swagger." Three members were previously in the hardcore band Orchid. Panthers have released four records. The most recent two, The Trick and Things Are...

  • Steel Panther
    Steel Panther
    Steel Panther is a glam metal band from Los Angeles, California mostly known for their profane and humorous lyrics as well as their exaggerated on-stage personas...

    , an American glam metal band
  • Pantera
    Pantera
    Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...

    , an American metal band
  • Panther Caroso, a character in the Star Fox video game series
  • The Pink Panther
    The Pink Panther
    The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bungling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of the film of the same name. The role was originated by, and is most closely associated with, Peter Sellers...

    , a series of British comedy films starring Peter Sellers
    • The Pink Panther (character)
      The Pink Panther (character)
      The Pink Panther is the main and title character in the opening and closing credit sequences of every film in The Pink Panther series except for A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clouseau. His popularity spawned a series of theatrical shorts, merchandise, a comic book, and television cartoons...

      , an animated character originating in the title sequence to The Pink Panther film
  • "The Panther", a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke , better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian–Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language...

  • Patrick 'Panther' Spencer, running back/safety for the Nasa Aliens/Shuttles and most recently Team USA in the American Football manga Eyeshield 21
    Eyeshield 21
    is a manga about American football written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Yusuke Murata. It has been adapted into an anime movie in 2004 , an anime television series in 2005, several video games and a trading card game from Konami. The manga is serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump...

  • The unpublished video game console Atari Panther
    Atari Panther
    The Atari Panther was the 32-bit predecessor to the Atari Jaguar video game console. It was developed by the same ex-Sinclair team Flare Technology who were previously responsible for the Flare One and the Konix Multisystem. It was scheduled to be released in 1991, but Atari Corp...


Military

  • Panther tank
    Panther tank
    Panther is the common name of a medium tank fielded by Nazi Germany in World War II that served from mid-1943 to the end of the European war in 1945. It was intended as a counter to the T-34, and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV; while never replacing the latter, it served alongside it as...

    , used by Germany in World War II
  • Eurocopter Panther, a helicopter based on the Eurocopter Dauphin
  • F9F Panther
    F9F Panther
    |-Popular culture:The Panther played a prominent role in the 1954 movie Men of the Fighting Lady . The F9F was featured in the flying sequences in the 1954 movie The Bridges at Toko-Ri, although in the 1953 James A...

    , a jet fighter used by the US Navy in the Korean War
  • Iveco LMV
    Iveco LMV
    Iveco LMV is a 4WD tactical vehicle developed by Iveco, and in service with several countries.After its adoption by the Italian Army under the name VTLM Lince , it won the “FCLV” competition of the British Army as the Panther and has been adopted by the armies of Belgium, Croatia, Norway, Russia...

    , a small armoured vehicle supplied to the British Army branded as the BAE Panther
  • RG-33
    RG-33
    The RG-33 is a mine-resistant light armored vehicle initially designed by BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa a South African subsidiary of BAE Systems. BAE Systems in the US extensively modified it with additional protection, new power train and suspension systems. It was built in a number of...

    , Medium Mine Protected Vehicle, supplied to the US Army as the BAE Panther

Ships

, the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy, two vessels of the United States Navy, a German gunboat which sparked the Agadir Crisis in 1911, an Italian ferry in service 1962-68

Political groups

  • Black Panther Party
    Black Panther Party
    The Black Panther Party wasan African-American revolutionary leftist organization. It was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982....

    , a Black nationalist organization
  • Gray Panthers
    Gray Panthers
    The Gray Panthers was an organization in the United States founded by Maggie Kuhn in 1970, in response to her forced retirement at age 65. The group focused on health and other issues....

    , an American organization promoting senior citizens' rights
  • White Panther Party
    White Panther Party
    The White Panthers were a far-left, anti-racist, White American political collective founded in 1968 by Lawrence Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was asked what white people could do...

    , a political collective founded to support the Black Panthers
  • Black Panthers (Israel), an Israeli protest movement
  • Polynesian Panthers
    Polynesian Panthers
    The Polynesian Panther Party was an organisation founded by New Zealand born Polynesians on June 16, 1971.The party was explicitly influenced by the American Black Panther Party, particularly Huey Newton’s policy of black unity. They located the causes of Māori and Pacific Island oppression within...

    , political group in New Zealand

Sports

  • Northern Iowa Panthers
    Northern Iowa Panthers
    The Northern Iowa Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa. The university is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 15 varsity teams in 11 sports:...

    , University of Northern Iowa.
  • Carolina Panthers
    Carolina Panthers
    The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...

    , an American football team in the NFL
  • Florida Panthers
    Florida Panthers
    The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their games at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise and are the...

    , an ice hockey team in the NHL
  • Penrith Panthers
    Penrith Panthers
    The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...

    , a rugby league team in the NRL
  • Michigan Panthers
    Michigan Panthers
    The Michigan Panthers were a professional American football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid-1980s.-Team history:The Michigan Panthers were named as a charter member of the United States Football League on May 11, 1982....

    , a former professional American football team
  • The Panthers, nickname for Panionios
    Panionios
    Panionios GSS , the Pan-Ionian Gymnastic Association of Smyrna, is a Greek multi sport club founded in 1890. Originally based in Smyrna/Izmir, the club was uprooted in the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922...

    , a sports club in Athens
  • Blackpool Panthers
    Blackpool Panthers
    Blackpool & The Fylde Panthers RLFC was an English professional rugby league club based in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. They played at Woodlands Memorial Ground owned by Fylde rugby union club...

    , English rugby league team
  • Embrun Panthers
    Embrun Panthers
    The Embrun Panthers are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Embrun, Ontario. They play in the National Capital Junior Hockey League.-History:...

    , Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League team
  • Nottingham Panthers
    Nottingham Panthers
    The Nottingham Panthers are a British professional ice hockey club based in Nottingham, England. They are members of the Elite Ice Hockey League...

    , an ice hockey club in the EIHL
  • Wests Panthers
    Wests Panthers
    The Western Suburbs Panthers, often simply referred to as Wests, are a rugby league club from Brisbane, Australia. The Club is the oldest in the QRL and despite absences from the top grade in recent years and several name changes the club continued to operate...

    , Australian rugby league team
  • Middlebury Panthers, Middlebury College
  • Milwaukee Panthers
    Milwaukee Panthers
    The Milwaukee Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. A total of 15 Panthers athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I. Panthers have won the James J...

    , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers
    Eastern Illinois Panthers
    The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the men's and women's athletic teams representing Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. Eastern Illinois University's colors are blue and gray. Eastern Illinois sports teams, except for men's soccer and swimming teams, participate in NCAA Division I in...

    , Eastern Illinois University
  • FIU Golden Panthers
    FIU Golden Panthers
    The FIU Panthers are the athletic teams of Florida International University , a public university located in Miami, Florida. The Panthers compete in NCAA Division I athletics, and are currently members of the Sun Belt Conference...

    , Florida International University
  • Georgia State Panthers
    Georgia State Panthers
    The Georgia State Panthers are the athletic teams of Georgia State University. Georgia State currently sponsors 17 NCAA Division I teams.Georgia State University competes with 16 teams in an athletics program at the highest level of NCAA competition . Football and women's sand volleyball were added...

    , Georgia State University
  • Pittsburgh Panthers, University of Pittsburgh
  • Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School
    Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School
    Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary is a public high school in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and is part of School District 36 Surrey. In September 1993, staff and students from Cloverdale Junior Secondary and Lord Tweedsmuir Senior Secondary joined together to form Lord Tweedsmuir...

  • Chapman Panthers, Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina)
  • Midlothian Panthers, Midlothian High School (Texas)
    Midlothian High School (Texas)
    Midlothian High School is a public high school in Midlothian, Texas, United States. It is a part of the Midlothian Independent School District.-External links:*...

  • Pine View Panthers, Pine View High School
    Pine View High School
    Pine View High School is a high school located in Saint George, Utah. The school serves about 900 students in grades 10 to 12.- Faculty :Pine View Biology teacher Steven Cox was Utah's 1996 Outstanding Biology Teacher of the Year. As of 2007 Steven Cox has retired and been replaced by Josh...

  • Springboro Panthers, Springboro High School
    Springboro High School
    Springboro High School is a secondary school, in Springboro, Ohio with a total of over 1,600 students and 90 teachers. The student population has continued a steady trend of growth of 100 students per school year...

  • Palmetto Panthers, Miami Palmetto High School
    Miami Palmetto High School
    Miami Palmetto Senior High School is a secondary school located at 7460 S.W. 118th Street in Pinecrest, Florida, USA, a Miami suburb; its principal is Allison Harley. The school is on 23 acres in southwest Miami-Dade County, Florida, and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district....

  • Morehead Panthers, John Motley Morehead High School
    John Motley Morehead High School
    John Motley Morehead High School is located in Eden, North Carolina, United States.-History:The school opened in 1952 as Tri-City High School to serve the then-separate communities of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper. The school gained its current name in 1958 in honor of John Motley Morehead, the...

    , Eden, North Carolino
  • The Panthers, Browning School
    Browning School
    The Browning School is a United States college preparatory school for boys founded in 1888 by John A. Browning. It offers study from Pre-Primary level through Form VI and is ranked as one of the top private schools in New York City...

    , New York, NY
  • Redmond Panthers, Redmond High School (Oregon)
    Redmond High School (Oregon)
    Redmond High School is a public high school located in Redmond, Oregon, United States.-Academics:In 2008, 48% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma...

  • Lake City Panthers, Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina)
    Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina)
    Lake City High School is a secondary education institution located near Lake City, South Carolina. The school enrolls approximately one thousand students. Lake City is located in southern Florence County, in central South Carolina. It has several sports teams to include football, baseball,...

  • Colleyville Heritage Panthers, Colleyville Heritage High School
    Colleyville Heritage High School
    Colleyville Heritage High School is a public secondary school in Colleyville, Texas, United States, a city in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school is a part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District....

     (Colleyville, Texas)
  • Western Panthers Rugby Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  • Düsseldorf Panther
    Düsseldorf Panther
    The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest still existing American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978....

    , an American football club from Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Clear Fork Panthers, Clear Fork High School, Colcord, West Virginia

Computing

  • Mac OS X Panther, an operating system
  • Panther (development tool)
    Panther (development tool)
    Panther Tool Suite is an extensible cross-platform collection of development tools targeted at development of 2-tier and n-tier client/server and component-based database-oriented applications. It works with all major databases and several major middleware systems. Applications developed with...

    , a Rapid Application Development toolset
  • Panther Programming
    Panther Programming
    Panther Programming is a development tool - based on Scratch MIT. You can add your own blocks to this program. It has added blocks. You can use new programming blocks that use with the camera....

     based on Scratch programming language
    Scratch programming language
    Scratch is an educational programming language that allows people of any experience, background and age to experiment with the concepts of fully versatile computer programming by snapping together visual programming blocks to control images, music and sound...

    by MIT
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