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(02-09-2019, 04:14 AM)smedz Wrote: 2. Bagheera is incorrectly called a panther instead of a leopard
Bagheera was completely correctly called "panther", because during 19th century "panther" was one of the names of the leopard. At those times official name of tiger was - Felis tigris and lion - Felis leo, now as you can see they have different names. Later, during the 20th century zoological nomenclature changed and word "panther" became obsolete. Obsolete doesnt mean wrong. But in 19th century when Kipling wrote Jungle Book this name was compleetely acceptable in scientific circles.