Panther

The Panther (Latin: Panthera) is a genus of big cats native to equatorial regions.

Large cats

See also: Big cat

• Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera Panthera and Neofelis
  • Panthera, the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards
    • Jaguar (Panthera onca), found in South and Central America
    • Leopard (Panthera pardus), found in Africa and Asia
      • Black panther, a name for the phenotypic genetic variant that forms the black leopard or jaguar
• Cougar, a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther
  • Florida panther, a population of cougar

Art, media, and entertainment

Video games

• Panther (1975 video game), a battle tank-driving game developed for the PLATO system
• Panther (1986 video game), a flight game developed for the Commodore 64 and Atari 800XL/130XE
• Atari Panther, a cancelled video game console, expected to be released in the early 1990s
• Panther, the codename for Ann Takamaki, a character from Persona 5

Other media

• Panther (film), 1995 British film
• Panther (owarai), Japanese comedy trio
• Panthers (band), American hardcore punk band
• The Panthers (miniseries), 2021 New Zealand miniseries

Brands and enterprises

• Panther (company), German maker of professional camera cranes and dollies
• Panther (publisher), publishing house specialising in paperback fiction
• Panther Software, Japanese video game company
• Panther Westwinds, defunct British car manufacturer

People

• Yoshikazu Yahiro, Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther
• The Panther (Sam Brushell), Indian who lived in Otsego County, New York in the 1800s
• Anne Panther (birth 1982), German FIBA basketball official
• Clinton Panther (birth 1991), South African field hockey player
• Jim Panther (birth 1945), American major league baseball player
• Manny Panther (birth 1984), Scottish former footballer

Political groups

• Black Panther Party, Black nationalist organization
• Black Panthers (Israel), Israeli protest movement
• Dalit Panthers, revolutionary anti-caste organization founded by dalits in Maharashtra, India
• Gray Panthers, American organization promoting senior citizens' rights
• Polynesian Panthers, political group in New Zealand
• White Panther Party, political collective founded to support the Black Panthers

Science and technology

For vehicles, see § Transportation.

• PANTHER (Protein ANalysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships), a biological database of gene/protein families
• DR DOS "Panther", the code-name of Novell's Novell DOS 7
• Mac OS X Panther, an operating system

Sports

Professional and amateur sports

Basketball

• GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück, a German women's basketball team
• Helsinki Panthers, a basketball club from Helsinki, Finland
• Les Panthères, nickname for Gabon's national basketball team
• Soweto Panthers, a South African basketball team

Ice hockey

• Augsburger Panther, a DEL ice hockey team
• ERC Ingolstadt aka The Panthers, a German ice hockey team in the DEL
• Embrun Panthers, an Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League team
• Florida Panthers, an American professional ice hockey team based in Miami, Florida, that competes in the NHL
• Nottingham Panthers, an ice hockey club in the EIHL

Rugby

• Blackpool Panthers, an English rugby league team
• Penrith Panthers, a rugby league team in the NRL
• Wests Panthers, an Australian rugby league team
• Western Panthers Rugby Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Other sports

• Carolina Panthers, an American professional football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that competes in the NFL and is in the NFC South division
• Düsseldorf Panther, an American football club from Düsseldorf, Germany
• Michigan Panthers, a former professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan, that competed in the now-defunct United States Football League
• South Adelaide Football Club (Panthers), an Australian Rules football team in the SANFL
• The Panthers, nickname for Panionios, a sports club in Athens
• Red Panthers, nickname for Belgium women's national field hockey team

College and university sports

• Eastern Illinois Panthers, Eastern Illinois University
• Florida Tech Panthers, Florida Institute of Technology
• FIU Golden Panthers, Florida International University
• Georgia State Panthers, Georgia State University
• Hanover Panthers, Hanover College
• Middlebury Panthers, Middlebury College
• Milwaukee Panthers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Northern Iowa Panthers, University of Northern Iowa
• Panamerican University Panthers, Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City, Mexico)
• Penn State Nittany Lions, Pennsylvania State University
• Pittsburgh Panthers, University of Pittsburgh
• USPF Panthers, University of Southern Philippines Foundation (Cebu City, Philippines)

High school sports

• Permian Panthers, the high school football team featured in H.G. Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (1990)
• Barnsdall Panthers, Barnsdall High School, Barnsdall, Oklahoma
• Cedar Grove Panthers, Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove, New Jersey
• Chapman Panthers, Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina)
• Colleyville Heritage Panthers, Colleyville Heritage High School (Colleyville, Texas)
• Cypress Lake Panthers, Cypress Lake High School (Fort Myers, Florida)
• Edgemont Panthers, Edgemont Junior - Senior High School, Scarsdale, New York
• Franklin Regional Panthers, Franklin Regional High School, Murrysville, Pennsylvania
• Glencoe Panthers, Glencoe High School (Oklahoma)
• Hillcrest Panthers, Hillcrest High School (Dallas)
• Jennings County Panthers, Jennings County High School (North Vernon, Indiana)
• Lake City Panthers, Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina)
• Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, Surrey, British Columbia
• Middle Township Panthers, Middle Township High School, Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey
• Midlothian Panthers, Midlothian High School (Texas)
• Morehead Panthers, John Motley Morehead High School, Eden, North Carolina
• Palmetto Panthers, Miami Palmetto High School, Pinecrest, Florida
• Parkdale Panthers, Parkdale High School, Riverdale Park, Maryland
• Pine View Panthers, Pine View High School, St. George, Utah
• Pitman Panthers, Pitman High School, Pitman, New Jersey
• Point Pleasant Boro Panthers, Point Pleasant Borough High School, Point Pleasant, New Jersey
• Redmond Panthers, Redmond High School (Oregon)
• Springboro Panthers, Springboro High School, Springboro, Ohio
• Spring Lake Park Panthers, Spring Lake Park High School Blaine, Fridley, and Spring Lake Park, Minnesota
• Sterlington Panthers, Sterlington High School, Sterlington, and Monroe, Louisiana
• The Panthers, Browning School, New York, NY
• Reitz High Panthers, FJ Reitz High School, Evansville, Indiana
• Modesto High Panthers, Modesto High School, Modesto, California

Transportation

Aircraft

• Eurocopter AS565 Panther, military helicopter
• Grumman F9F Panther, jet fighter used by the US Navy in the Korean War
• PANTHER, the callsign for Falcon Air Express
• Rotec Panther, American ultralight aircraft
• Armstrong Siddeley Panther, British aero-engine

Land transportation

• Panther (amphibious vehicle), American amphibious car
• Panther (motorcycle), British brand
• Chevrolet Panther, codename for the 1960s car that would eventually become the Chevrolet Camaro
• De Tomaso Pantera, an Italian sports car
• Ford Panther platform, a sedan automobile platform
• Isuzu Panther, a multi-purpose vehicle
• Leyland Panther, a 1960s British single-deck bus
• Plaxton Panther, a coach body
• Panther Westwinds, a car manufacturer
• Rosenbauer Panther, an airport crash tender

Military

• Iveco LMV, a small armoured vehicle supplied to the British Army branded as the BAE Panther
• Panther tank, a medium tank used by Germany in World War II
• RG-33, Medium Mine Protected Vehicle, supplied to the US Army as the BAE Panther
• K2 Black Panther, main battle tank for Korean forces
• Panther KF51, prototype fourth generation main battle tank.

Ships

• HMS Panther, the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy
• SMS Panther, a German gunboat, which sparked the Agadir Crisis in 1911
• SMS Panther (1885), an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser
• SS Panther, an Italian ferry in service 1962–1968
• USS Panther, two vessels of the United States Navy
• German torpedo boat Panther (1940), a German torpedo boat of World War II

Other uses

• Panther, Daviess County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Panther (legendary creature), a legendary creature featured in heraldry

See also

• The Panther (disambiguation)
• Panther Creek (disambiguation)
• Panther Mountain (disambiguation)
• Black panther (disambiguation)
• Black Panthers (disambiguation)
• The Pink Panther (disambiguation)
• Pantera (disambiguation)
• Panthera (disambiguation)