Bagheera (spider)

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Bagheera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Bagheera
Peckham & Peckham, 1896
Species

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Bagheera is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

[edit] Etymology

From Bagheera, the black panther from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Akela, Messua and Nagaina.

[edit] Species

  • Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896 (Mexico, Guatemala)
  • Bagheera prosper (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (USA, Mexico)

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