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= Black Panther by Seth = = = =The Black Panther is an amazing animal, some people say that because it makes very nice black coats but people have stopped hunting it because it was endangered but the population is back to normal. Fact, if you were close enough to a black panther you can see that it has spots on it. The Black Panther is nocturnal meaning that it hunts mostly at night when most creatures are sleeping so it is an easy catch because the prey is sleepy.= = = =1. It grows and develops and lives a good healthy long 12 years in the wild or 20 years in captivity and can grow up to two metres long and two feet tall. female Black Panthers usually outlive males by about a year or two. After three months the Black Panther learns to hunt small prey.= = = =2. The Black Panther has more then eight gazillions cells. It also has a back bone (spinal cord or vertabrae) to help it stand up right. The Black Panther has four legs to stand up and uses its mouth to grab the prey.= = =
 * 3. They reproduce by mating and giving birth not laying eggs like a chicken. When the litters are born there is about three to six Black Panthers each weighing about 450 g to 1000 g. it also mates any time of the year. By the time they are born the Black Panther's eye's are closed for a while. **

=4. How the Black Panther responds is if you were to annoy it or throw something at it, usually by roaring or attacking by leaping on you and very badly hurting you!=


 * food chain and diet **
 * The Black Panther is top of the food chain (other then humans that hunt it.) It will eat basically any possible living, moving thing it can get its paws on. It will mostly eat are rabbits, mice, monkeys, frogs, lizards, deer and goats. Here is how the Black Panther catches its prey, first the Black Panther finds a prey then sneaks up behind it, if the prey doesn't notice its dead, if it dose the chase is on most of the time the prey will run till it gets tired than the Black Panther kills it and has a snack or a meal depending what it is. **

** Black Panthers are listed in nine different categories you might be wondering what are these different categories they are scientific classifications, its manly animals witch have the same things involved, ** ** The following scientific classifications for the Black Panther are in the seven orders kingdom, phylum, sub phylum class, order, family, subfamily, genus and species. below with most of the basic information except for some because I couldn't find any information. **
 * Habitat **
 * In case you don't know what a habitat is, its a place in the wild where the animals are in a community where there it water and food. The Black Panther’s habitats include the rainforests, woodlands, swamps, savannahs, and even mountains and deserts. **** Below is a map where the black panther lives around the world. They live in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Black Panthers are manly rare in Canada but can be seen sometimes. **
 * Scientific ** **Classification**


 * 1.Kingdom: Animalia. because it is a living breathing animal **


 * 2.Phylum: Chordate . **** this is the phylum that contains all animals with backbones. **


 * 3 **. ** sub phylum : vertebrata **


 * 4.Class: Mammalia. **


 * 5.Order: Carnivora. **** Black Panthers are carnivores and eat meat as their main source of nutrition. They will eat just about anything that moves as long as they are capable of catching them and their stomachs can handle. **


 * 6.Family: Felidae (cats) It is part of the cat family that all the other big cat are apart of that family. **


 * 7.subfamily: ** **felinae (Its the same thing as the family)**


 * 8.genus: **** panthera, contains four well-known living species: lions, tigers, jaguar **** s, **** and leopards. **


 * 9.species: pardus **

===**1.[|Black Panther Animal]** ===
 * sources **
 * 2.[|Black panther - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] **
 * 3.[|Panther (Panthera pardus, Panthera onca ) - Animals - A-Z] **