Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前TIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1521file-text
arrow-up1521imageTIL that black panthers aren’t a distinct species - they are jaguars or leopards with “melanism”, the opposite of albinismsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square33linkfedilinkfile-text
The trait is caused by a recessive allele in the leopard, and a dominant allele in the jaguar. Black Panther on Wikipedia
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