Panther may refer to:

Large cats

Pantherinae The Pantherinae is a subfamily of the Felidae; it was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917 as only including the ''Panthera'' species, but later also came to include the clouded leopards (genus ''Neofelis''). The Pantherin ...

, the cat subfamily that contains the genera ''Panthera'' and ''Neofelis'' **''

Panthera ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family (biology), family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae. It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, ...

'', the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards ***

Jaguar The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large felidae, cat species and the only extant taxon, living member of the genus ''Panthera'' that is native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the biggest cat spe ...

(''Panthera onca''), found in South and Central America ***

Leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant cat species in the genus ''Panthera''. It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes. Its body is slender and muscular reaching a length of with a ...

(''Panthera pardus''), found in Africa and Asia ***

Black panther A black panther is the Melanism, melanistic colour variant of the leopard (''Panthera pardus'') and the jaguar (''Panthera onca''). Black panthers of both species have excess black pigments, but their typical Rosette (zoology), rosettes are al ...

, a name for the phenotypic genetic variant that forms the black leopard or jaguar *

Cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') (, ''Help:Pronunciation respelling key, KOO-gər''), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North America, North, Central America, Cent ...

, a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther **

Florida panther The Florida panther is a North American cougar (''P. c. couguar'') population in South Florida. It lives in pinelands, tropical hardwood hammocks and mixed freshwater swamp forests. Its range includes the Big Cypress National Preserve, Everglade ...

, 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) Panther GmbH is a film technical company situated in Aying, Munich. It develops and produces professional camera cranes and Camera dolly, dollies. It built the first ever electro-mechanical camera dolly, the "Super Panther". Company founder Erich ...

, German maker of professional camera cranes and dollies *

Panther (publisher) Panther Books Ltd was a British publishing house especially active in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, specialising in paperback fiction. Company history It was established in May 1952 by Hamilton & Co. (Stafford) Ltd. and titles carried the line ...

, publishing house specialising in paperback fiction *

Panther Software is a Japanese video game and software company. Founded in 1987 as Panther Studios Ltd., the company changed its name to Panther Software in 1991. They produced video games for the MSX, Sharp X68000, PlayStation, Dreamcast and Xbox. Video games ...

, Japanese video game company *

Panther Westwinds Panther Westwinds (commonly known as Panther) was a manufacturer of niche sports cars and luxury cars, based in Surrey, England between 1972 and 1990. History Founded in 1972 by Robert Jankel, the Panther company initially manufactured retro-s ...

, defunct British car manufacturer

People

* Yoshikazu Yahiro, Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther *

The Panther (Sam Brushell) The Panther was a Mohegan Indian who lived in the Town of Richfield in Otsego County, New York in the beginning to mid 1800s. He was the son of an Indian named Captain John. Biography Brushell's father was known as Captain John; they had a wigwam ...

, 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 James Edward Panther (born March 1, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher from to , for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers and the Atlanta Braves. Panther ...

(birth 1945), American major league baseball player *

Manny Panther Emmanuel Ugochukwu Ezenwa Panther (born 11 May 1984) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for St Johnstone, Partick Thistle, Brechin City, York City, Exeter City, Rushden & Diamonds, Morecambe, Alde ...

(birth 1984), Scottish former footballer

Political groups

Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist and Black Power movement, black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newto ...

, Black nationalist organization *

Black Panthers (Israel) The Black Panthers () were an Israeli protest movement of second-generation Jewish immigrants from North Africa and Middle Eastern countries. It was one of the first organizations in Israel with the mission of working for social justice for Sep ...

, Israeli protest movement *

Dalit Panthers The Dalit Panthers was a militant organisation that sought to combat caste discrimination. It was led by a group of Mahar writers and poets, including Raja Dhale, Namdeo Dhasal, and J. V. Pawar in some time between the second and the third s ...

, revolutionary anti-caste organization founded by dalits in Maharashtra, India *

Gray Panthers The Gray Panthers are a series of multi-generational local advocacy networks in the United States which confront ageism and many other social justice issues. The organization was formed by Maggie Kuhn in response to her forced retirement from the ...

, American organization promoting senior citizens' rights *

Polynesian Panthers The Polynesian Panther Party (PPP) was a revolutionary social justice movement formed to target racial inequalities carried out against indigenous Māori and Pacific Islanders in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded by a group of young Polynesians o ...

, political group in New Zealand *

White Panther Party The White Panthers were an anti-racist political collective founded in November 1968 by Pun 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, ...

, political collective founded to support the Black Panthers

Science and technology

* 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 Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X Jaguar and preceded Mac OS X Tiger. It was released on October 24, 2003, with the retail price of US$12 ...

, an operating system

Sports

Professional and amateur sports

Basketball

GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück is a German women's professional basketball team based in Osnabrück. The team currently plays in the 1. Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga, the highest level of basketball in Germany. The team plays its home games in the S ...

, a German women's basketball team * Helsinki Panthers, a basketball club from Helsinki, Finland * Indian Panthers, Indian basketball team in New Zealand NBL * ''Les Panthères'', nickname for Gabon's national basketball team * Soweto Panthers, a South African basketball team

Ice hockey

Augsburger Panther The Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, DEL. The team is based in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They play their home games at the Curt Frenzel Stadion. Founded in 1878, the team's name was Augsburge ...

, a DEL ice hockey team *

ERC Ingolstadt ERC Ingolstadt (''Eishockey-und-Rollschuh club'', ) is a German professional ice hockey club that plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Commonly known as the Panthers, the team plays its home games at the Saturn Arena in Ingolstadt. Histor ...

aka ''The Panthers'', a German ice hockey team in the DEL * Embrun Panthers, an Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League team *

Florida Panthers The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Panthers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team initially played it ...

, an American professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, that competes in the NHL *

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. RHPS are the Panthers' major sponsor for 2024–25. The Nottingham Panthers have won four league ...

, an ice hockey club in the EIHL

Rugby

Blackpool Panthers Blackpool Panthers RLFC was an English professional rugby league club based in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. They played at Bloomfield Road, between 2005 and 2007, then moved to the Woodlands Memorial Ground owned by Fylde rugby union club. They ...

, an English rugby league team *

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...

, a rugby league team in the NRL *

Wests Panthers The Western Suburbs Panthers, or the West Brisbane Panthers, or often simply referred to as Wests for short, is a semi professional rugby league club based in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The club is the oldest in the ...

, an Australian rugby league team * Western Panthers Rugby Club,

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Bulawayo (, ; ) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about ...

American football

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South division. The t ...

, an American professional football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that competes in the NFL and is in the NFC South division *

Düsseldorf Panther The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest extant American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978.Michigan Panthers The Michigan Panthers were a professional American football team based in Metro Detroit. The Panthers competed in the United States Football League (USFL) as a member of the Western Conference and Central Division. The team played its home gam ...

, a former professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan, that competed in the now-defunct United States Football League

Other sports

South Adelaide Football Club The South Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Panthers, is an Australian rules football club based in the Adelaide suburb of Noarlunga Downs, South Australia, Noarlunga Downs. The club competes in the South Australian National Football Leagu ...

(Panthers), an Australian Rules football team in the SANFL * ''The Panthers'', nickname for

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis''), ...

, a sports club in Athens * ''Red Panthers'', nickname for

Belgium women's national field hockey team The Belgium women's national field hockey team represents Belgium in international women's field hockey and is controlled by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Belgium. The team is coached by Rein van Ei ...

Panther Racing Panther Racing was an American open wheel auto racing team. It was one of the oldest continually operating teams in the IndyCar Series. Four years in a row (2008–2011), the team finished second at the Indianapolis 500. Formation The team was ...

, an open wheel racing team

College and university sports

Eastern Illinois Panthers The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the intercollegiate athletic programs of Eastern Illinois University (EIU) located in Charleston, Illinois, United States. The Panthers athletic program competes at the NCAA Division I level and is a member of th ...

, Eastern Illinois University * Florida Tech Panthers, Florida Institute of Technology * FIU Golden Panthers, Florida International University *

Georgia State Panthers The Georgia State Panthers are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent Georgia State University, located in Atlanta, Georgia. All GSU teams compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS level as mem ...

, Georgia State University * Hanover Panthers, Hanover College *

Middlebury Panthers The Middlebury Panthers are the 31 varsity teams of Middlebury College that compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The Panthers lead the NESCAC in total number of national championships, having won 42 team titles since th ...

, Middlebury College *

Milwaukee Panthers The Milwaukee Panthers are the athletic teams representing the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level, competing in the Horizon League for all sports ...

, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee *

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 (Division I FCS in football). History The school's mascot is the ...

, University of Northern Iowa * Panamerican University Panthers, Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City, Mexico) *

Penn State Nittany Lions The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams of Pennsylvania State University, except for the women's basketball team, known as the Penn State Lady Lions basketball, Lady Lions. The school colors are navy blue and white. The school mascot ...

, Pennsylvania State University *

Pittsburgh Panthers The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly also referred to as the Pitt Panthers, are the athletic teams representing the University of Pittsburgh, although the term is colloquially used to refer to other aspects of the university such as alumni, facul ...

, 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 High School is a secondary school in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. It belongs to the Barnsdall Independent School District. Curriculum Barnsdall High School offers a comprehensive secondary curriculum. As of January 2010, the school began follo ...

, 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 Heritage High School (CHHS) is a public secondary school in Colleyville, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school is a part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and serves freshmen through senior stude ...

(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) Hillcrest High School, formerly Vickery Meadows High School is a public secondary school located in North Dallas, Texas (USA). Hillcrest High School enrolls students in grades 9– 12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. In 2 ...

* 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 Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary is a public high school in the city 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 Seconda ...

, Surrey, British Columbia * Middle Township Panthers, Middle Township High School, Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey * Midlothian Panthers,

Midlothian High School (Texas) Midlothian High School is a public high school located in the city of Midlothian, Texas, and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Midlothian Independent School District located in northwestern Ellis County and is the orig ...

* Morehead Panthers,

John Motley Morehead High School John Motley Morehead High School is a four-year public high school located in Eden, North Carolina, United States. Morehead High School is part of the Rockingham County Schools school district. History The school opened in 1952, as Tri-City Hi ...

, Eden, North Carolina * Palmetto Panthers,

Miami Palmetto High School Miami Palmetto Senior High School is a public high school located at 7431 S.W. 120th Street in Pinecrest, Florida. The school is on in southwest Miami-Dade County, and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. Miami Norland S ...

, 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 High School is a comprehensive community public high school in Pitman, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Pitman School District. ...

, Pitman, New Jersey * Point Pleasant Boro Panthers, Point Pleasant Borough High School, Point Pleasant, New Jersey * Redmond Panthers,

Redmond High School (Oregon) Redmond High School (RHS) is a public high school in Redmond, Oregon, United States. It is a part of the Redmond School District. The high school's attendance boundary includes parts of Redmond, as well as Terrebonne and much of Crooked River R ...

* 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 The Browning School is a college preparatory school for boys located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Founded in 1888 by John A. Browning, the school is a member of the New York Interschool. History The school was founded in 1888 by John A ...

, New York, NY * Reitz High Panthers,

FJ Reitz High School Francis Joseph Reitz High School (FJ Reitz High School, FJ Reitz, or simply Reitz) is a State school, public high school on the west side of Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1918 following a donation from local Philanthropy, philanthropi ...

, Evansville, Indiana * Modesto High Panthers, Modesto High School, Modesto, California

Transportation

Aircraft

Eurocopter AS565 Panther The Eurocopter, later Airbus Helicopters AS565 Panther is the military version of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin medium-weight multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter. The Panther is used for a wide range of military roles, including combat assault, ...

, military helicopter *

Grumman F9F Panther The Grumman F9F Panther is an early carrier-based jet fighter designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman. It was the first jet-powered fighter aircraft to see air-to-air combat with the United States Navy as well as be ...

, 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 The Chevrolet Camaro is a mid-size American automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, classified as a pony car. It first went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was designed to compete with the Ford Mustang. The Camaro sha ...

* De Tomaso Pantera, an Italian sports car *

Ford Panther platform The Ford Panther platform was an automobile platform that was used by Ford Motor Company from the 1979 to 2012 model years. Following the Downsize (automobile), downsizing of the General Motors GM B platform, B-bodies and GM C platform (1936), C- ...

, a sedan automobile platform * Isuzu Panther, a multi-purpose vehicle *

Leyland Panther The Leyland Panther was a rear-engined single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Leyland between the years 1964 and 1972. A version with a smaller engine was released as the Leyland Panther Cub. History The Leyland Panther was introduced ...

, a 1960s British single-deck bus *

Plaxton Panther The Plaxton Paragon and Plaxton Panther are closely related designs of coach bodywork built by Plaxton in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, since 1999,Millar, Alan (2007) ''Bus & Coach Recognition'' : Ian Allan Ltd., and still in produc ...

, a coach body *

, 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 The Panther tank, officially ''Panzerkampfwagen V Panther'' (abbreviated Pz.Kpfw. V) with Sonderkraftfahrzeug, ordnance inventory designation: ''Sd.Kfz.'' 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used in most European theatre of ...

, a medium tank used by Germany in World War II *

RG-33 The RG-33 is a mine-resistant light armored vehicle initially designed by BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa (formerly Land Systems OMC), a South African subsidiary of BAE Systems. BAE Systems in the US extensively modified it with additio ...

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

K2 Black Panther K2 Black Panther () is a South Korean List of main battle tanks by generation#Fourth Generation, fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT), designed by the Agency for Defense Development and manufactured by Hyundai Rotem. The tank's design bega ...

, main battle tank for Korean forces *

Panther KF51 The Panther KF51 (KF is short for German "''Kettenfahrzeug''" ) is a German fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) that is under development by Rheinmetall Landsysteme (part of Rheinmetall's Vehicle Systems division). It was unveiled publicly ...

, prototype fourth generation main battle tank.

Ships

* , the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy * , a German gunboat, which sparked the Agadir Crisis in 1911 * SMS ''Panther'' (1885), an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser * , an Italian ferry in service 1962–1968 * , 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 Panther is a census-designated place and unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in western Daviess County, Kentucky, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 144 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. ...

, an unincorporated community *

Panther (legendary creature) A panther is a creature in ancient legend that resembles a big cat with a multicoloured hide. According to medieval beliefs, after feasting, the panther will sleep in a cave for a total of three days. After this period ends, the panther roars ...

, a legendary creature featured in heraldry