Panther

Panther may refer to:

Large cats

• Pantherinae, the felid subfamily that contains the genera Panthera and Neofelis
  • Panthera, the felid genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards, and snow leopards
    • Jaguar (Panthera onca), found in South and Central America
    • Leopard (Panthera pardus), found in Africa and Asia
    • Black panther, a black variant of jaguars or leopards
    • White panther, a white or very pale variant of jaguars or leopards
• Cougar or mountain lion (Puma concolor), found in North and South America
  • Florida panther, a subspecies of cougar (Puma concolor coryi or Puma concolor couguar) found in southern Florida
• Panther (legendary creature), a creature usually depicted as resembling a large cat with a multi-coloured hide

Art, media, and entertainment

Film

• Panther (film)
• The Pink Panther, a series of British comedy films starring actor Peter Sellers

Gaming

• Panther (1975 video game), a battle tank-driving game developed for the PLATO system
• Panther (1988 video game), a flight game developed for the Commodore 64 and Atari 800XL/130XE
• Atari Panther, an unpublished video game console

Music

• Panthers (band)
• Pantera, an American metal band
• Steel Panther, an American glam metal band

Other media

• "The Panther (poem)", by Rainer Maria Rilke

Brands and enterprises

• Panther (publisher), a publishing house specialising in paperback fiction
• Panther Software, a Japanese video game company
• Panther Westwinds, a car manufacturer

People

• Yoshikazu Yahiro, Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther
• The Panther (Sam Brushell), an Indian who lived in Otsego County, New York in the 1800s.

Political groups

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

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

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
• 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

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
• Middlebury Panthers, Middlebury College
• Milwaukee Panthers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Northern Iowa Panthers, University of Northern Iowa
• Pittsburgh Panthers, the name for the athletic teams representing the University of Pittsburgh
• Panamerican University Panthers, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico

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)
• Chapman Panthers, Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina)
• Colleyville Heritage Panthers, Colleyville Heritage High School (Colleyville, Texas)
• Edgemont Panthers, Edgemont Junior - Senior High School, Scarsdale, New York
• Hillcrest Panthers, Hillcrest High School (Dallas)
• Lake City Panthers, Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina)
• Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School
• Midlothian Panthers, Midlothian High School (Texas)
• Morehead Panthers, John Motley Morehead High School, Eden, North Carolina
• Palmetto Panthers, Miami Palmetto High School
• Parkdale Panthers, Parkdale High School
• Pine View Panthers, Pine View High School
• Redmond Panthers, Redmond High School (Oregon)
• Springboro Panthers, Springboro High School
• The Panthers, Browning School, New York, NY

Transportation

Aircraft

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

Land transportation

• Panther (car-boat), an amphibious vehicle
• Panther (motorcycle)
• 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
• Panther Westwinds, a car manufacturer

Military

• Iveco LMV, a small armoured vehicle supplied to the British Army branded as the BAE Panther
• Panther tank, used by Germany in World War II
• RG-33, Medium Mine Protected Vehicle, supplied to the US Army as the BAE Panther

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 1962-68
• USS Panther, two vessels of the United States Navy

Other uses

• Panther, Daviess County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community

See also

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