Panther

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Panther:

• Regionally, the leopard (Asia and Africa), cougar (North America, especially in reference to the Florida Panther subspecies), and jaguar (South and Central America)
• Black panther, Black Leopards and Jaguars most commonly thought of as panthers.
• Panther, a mythological beast
• Pink Panther, a series of British comedic films
• The Pink Panther, a pink coloured cartoon panther
• Mac OS X v10.3 operating system, codenamed "Panther"
• Panther Logging Engine Windows Vista new logging engine
• Panther Westwinds, a car manufacturer,
• Panther, a motorcycle manufactured by Phelon & Moore
• Ford Panther platform, a large rear wheel drive car platform built by Ford

In politics:

• Black Panther Party, a revolutionary Black nationalist organization in the United States formed during the 1960s
• Gray Panthers, an American organization promoting senior citizens' rights
• White Panther Party, a political collective founded in the United States in 1968 by John and Leni Sinclair
• Israeli Black Panthers, an Israeli protest movement of second generation Mizrahi Jews

In the military:

• Panther tank, tank of Nazi Germany in World War II
• F9F Panther, a jet fighter used by the US Navy in the Korean War
• Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle, a new vehicle for the British Army
• Name of the German gunboat sent to the Moroccan port of Agadir in 1911
• Eurocopter Panther, based on the Eurocopter Dauphin

In sports:

Professional

• Florida Panthers, an ice hockey team in the NHL
• Carolina Panthers, an American football team in the NFL
• Penrith Panthers, a team in the NRL
• Michigan Panthers were a professional American football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid 1980s.

Semi-professional

• Nottingham Panthers, an ice hockey club in the EIHL
• Embrun Panthers, Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League team.

College

• Eastern Illinois Panthers, athletic teams of Eastern Illinois University that play in the Ohio Valley Conference
• Pittsburgh Panthers, athletic teams of the University of Pittsburgh that play in the NCAA Big East Conference.
• Milwaukee Panthers, athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that play in the Horizon League
• Northern Iowa Panthers, athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa
• Georgia State Panthers, athletic teams of Georgia State University
• Plymouth State Panthers, NCAA Division III athletic teams of Plymouth State University
• Simmons College (Kentucky) Panthers, athletic team of Simmons College of Kentucky

High School

• Ridgeview (Clay County, Florida) Panthers, the mascot of the athletics of Ridgeview High School
• Sterlington Panthers, varsity football team of Sterlington High School, Sterlington, Louisiana
• E.O. Smith Panthers, Mascot of the High School Athletics Program locted in Storrs, CT

In geography:

• Panther, Iowa is in Dallas County
• Panther, Kentucky is in Daviess County
• Panther, Nevada is in Washoe County
• Panther, Oklahoma is in Haskell County
• Panther, Pennsylvania (Clinton County) is in Clinton County
• Panther, Pennsylvania (Pike County) is in Pike County
• Panther, West Virginia is in McDowell County, zip code 24872

In video games:

• Panther, a tank simulator by John Edo Haefeli in the 1970s

In media:

• Panther, a 1995 film based on experiences of the Black Panther Party
• Panther, a publishing house made popular in the 60s, specialising in paperback fiction. Titles often carried the line 'A Panther Book' on the cover.
• Panthers, a rock band from Brooklyn, NY