Nagpur: After Tadoba, Melanistic Leopard (commonly known as the Black Panther) has been recorded in the Navegaon Block, which is now part of the Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR).
Ramanujam, Director of the NNTR field, “Leopard was recorded in the camera trap during the phase estimation IV at NNTR in February.
The fact was revealed during the analysis by the Wildlife Institute of India (Wii), Dehradun.
“Ramanujam added,” Leopard Melanistic moved between the Navegaon National Park that was connected and navegaon wildlife asylum.
It was found even last year but the problem was not Published.
Pictures of big cats became viral after Wii Bilal Habib scientist shared it on Twitter.
“Previously, on May 30, 2018, a Leopard Melanis was first recorded by a Belgian diplomat Jean-Francois Aernouts and his family at Kold Range of Tadoba -dhari Tiger Reserve ( TATR).
However, spotted leopard was nicknamed as a black leopard.
Later, the leopard was seen in the Tadoba range which led to speculation that there were two leopards in Tadoba.
“It is something unique because Black Panthers Melanistic and are generally found in green forests such as Western Ghats and Dandeli-Anshi in Karnataka, but the record in Tadoba and NNTR, which is a dry autumn forest, needs attention,” said Habib.
Boxall about melanism * Black Panther in Asia and Africa is actually a black leopard (Panthera Pardus), and the one in the US is a Black Jaguar (Panthera Onca) * Panther Black is the same species as a normal colored pancer with a high number of pigments (melanin) causing animals to appear black.
Melanism occurs because of a recessive gene mutation * This condition is caused by agout gene, which regulates the distribution of black pigments inside the hair shaft * Closer look at the panther coat will reveal the characteristics of leopard and Jaguar, hiding under the robe.
Melanin’s advantages, in what is called ‘Ghost Striping’ * Black Panthers is found in countries such as Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Odisha * Melanism is generation to generation but not necessarily forwarded directly to the next generation.
Black Panther Cub can be born even if both normal colored parents * normal colored leopard can bring recessive melanistic genes.
Often, a black leopard is born with a white children.
If both parents are black, Cubs Leopard is always black