Is there a kanji for panther?


I’ve been looking for it and haven’t found a clear answer, for example “豹”
appears as panther in some pages but in others that translates to leopard,
I’ve also seen “豹属” as panther




A short answer is that you could use 豹 if you mean the animal with round spots
on its skin.

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[A dictionary](https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=panther) says that _leopard_ and
_panther_ are synonymous while [this website](https://pediaa.com/difference-
between-panther-and-leopard/) claims that panthers are black(ish).

In Japanese, 豹 is a species under the genus
[豹属](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A6%E5%B1%9E).
Normally 豹 makes us think of spotted yellow skin (e.g. ヒョウ柄) and there is a
specific word 黒豹 to refer to black leopards/panthers. So as a name of the
species, 豹 corresponds to the English
_[leopard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard)_. If you mean black leopards
by _panther_ , then there is no common single kanji for it.

