Panther may refer to:

Large cats

  • Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera Panthera and Neofelis
  • Panthera, the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca), found in South and Central America
  • Leopard (Panthera pardus), found in Africa and Asia
  • Black panther, a name for the phenotypic genetic variant that forms the black leopard or jaguar
  • White panther, the name for leucistic types in this genus
  • Cougar, a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther
  • Florida panther, a population of cougar

Art, media, and entertainment

Video games

  • Panther (1975 video game), a battle tank-driving game developed for the PLATO system
  • Panther (1986 video game), a flight game developed for the Commodore 64 and Atari 800XL/130XE
  • Atari Panther, a cancelled video game console, expected to be released in the early 1990s
  • Panther, the codename for Ann Takamaki, a character from Persona 5

Other media

  • Panther (film), 1995 British film
  • Panther (owarai), Japanese comedy trio
  • Panthers (band), American hardcore punk band
  • The Panthers (miniseries), 2021 New Zealand miniseries

Brands and enterprises

  • Panther (company), German maker of professional camera cranes and dollies
  • Panther (publisher), publishing house specialising in paperback fiction
  • Panther Westwinds, defunct British car manufacturer

People

  • Yoshikazu Yahiro, Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther
  • The Panther (Sam Brushell), Indian who lived in Otsego County, New York in the 1800s
  • Anne Panther (birth 1982), German FIBA basketball official
  • Clinton Panther (birth 1991), South African field hockey player
  • Jim Panther (birth 1945), American major league baseball player
  • Manny Panther (birth 1984), Scottish former footballer

Political groups

  • Black Panther Party, Black nationalist organization
  • Black Panthers (Israel), Israeli protest movement
  • Dalit Panthers, revolutionary anti-caste organization founded by dalits in Maharashtra, India
  • Gray Panthers, American organization promoting senior citizens' rights
  • Polynesian Panthers, political group in New Zealand
  • White Panther Party, political collective founded to support the Black Panthers

Science and technology

  • PANTHER (Protein ANalysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships), a biological database of gene/protein families
  • DR DOS "Panther", the code-name of Novell's Novell DOS 7
  • Mac OS X Panther, an operating system

Sports

Professional and amateur sports

Basketball

  • GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück, a German women's basketball team
  • Helsinki Panthers, a basketball club from Helsinki, Finland
  • Indian Panthers, Indian basketball team in New Zealand NBL
  • Les Panthères, nickname for Gabon's national basketball team
  • Soweto Panthers, a South African basketball team

Ice hockey

  • Augsburger Panther, a DEL ice hockey team
  • ERC Ingolstadt aka The Panthers, a German ice hockey team in the DEL
  • Embrun Panthers, an Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League team
  • Florida Panthers, an American professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida, that competes in the NHL
  • Nottingham Panthers, an ice hockey club in the EIHL

Rugby

  • Blackpool Panthers, an English rugby league team
  • Penrith Panthers, a rugby league team in the NRL
  • Wests Panthers, an Australian rugby league team
  • Western Panthers Rugby Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

American football

  • Carolina Panthers, an American professional football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that competes in the NFL and is in the NFC South division
  • Düsseldorf Panther, an American football club from Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Michigan Panthers, a former professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan, that competed in the now-defunct United States Football League

Other sports

  • South Adelaide Football Club (Panthers), an Australian Rules football team in the SANFL
  • The Panthers, nickname for Panionios, a sports club in Athens
  • Red Panthers, nickname for Belgium women's national field hockey team
  • Panther Racing, an open wheel racing team

College and university sports

  • Eastern Illinois Panthers, Eastern Illinois University
  • Florida Tech Panthers, Florida Institute of Technology
  • FIU Golden Panthers, Florida International University
  • Georgia State Panthers, Georgia State University
  • Hanover Panthers, Hanover College
  • High Point Panthers, High Point University
  • Middlebury Panthers, Middlebury College
  • Milwaukee Panthers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Northern Iowa Panthers, University of Northern Iowa
  • Panamerican University Panthers, Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Penn State Nittany Lions, Pennsylvania State University
  • Pittsburgh Panthers, University of Pittsburgh
  • Prairie View A&M Panthers and Lady Panthers, Prairie View A&M University
  • USPF Panthers, University of Southern Philippines Foundation (Cebu City, Philippines)

High school sports

  • Permian Panthers, the high school football team featured in H.G. Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (1990)
  • Barnsdall Panthers, Barnsdall High School, Barnsdall, Oklahoma
  • Cedar Grove Panthers, Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove, New Jersey
  • Chapman Panthers, Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina)
  • Colleyville Heritage Panthers, Colleyville Heritage High School (Colleyville, Texas)
  • Cypress Lake Panthers, Cypress Lake High School (Fort Myers, Florida)
  • Edgemont Panthers, Edgemont Junior - Senior High School, Scarsdale, New York
  • Franklin Regional Panthers, Franklin Regional High School, Murrysville, Pennsylvania
  • Glencoe Panthers, Glencoe High School (Oklahoma)
  • Hillcrest Panthers, Hillcrest High School (Dallas)
  • Jennings County Panthers, Jennings County High School (North Vernon, Indiana)
  • Lake City Panthers, Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina)
  • Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, Surrey, British Columbia
  • Middle Township Panthers, Middle Township High School, Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey
  • Midlothian Panthers, Midlothian High School (Texas)
  • Morehead Panthers, John Motley Morehead High School, Eden, North Carolina
  • Palmetto Panthers, Miami Palmetto High School, Pinecrest, Florida
  • Parkdale Panthers, Parkdale High School, Riverdale Park, Maryland
  • Pine View Panthers, Pine View High School, St. George, Utah
  • Pitman Panthers, Pitman High School, Pitman, New Jersey
  • Point Pleasant Boro Panthers, Point Pleasant Borough High School, Point Pleasant, New Jersey
  • Redmond Panthers, Redmond High School (Oregon)
  • Springboro Panthers, Springboro High School, Springboro, Ohio
  • Spring Lake Park Panthers, Spring Lake Park High School Blaine, Fridley, and Spring Lake Park, Minnesota
  • Sterlington Panthers, Sterlington High School, Sterlington, and Monroe, Louisiana
  • The Panthers, Browning School, New York, NY
  • Reitz High Panthers, FJ Reitz High School, Evansville, Indiana
  • Modesto High Panthers, Modesto High School, Modesto, California

Transportation

Aircraft

  • Eurocopter AS565 Panther, military helicopter
  • Grumman F9F Panther, jet fighter used by the US Navy in the Korean War
  • PANTHER, the callsign for Falcon Air Express
  • Rotec Panther, American ultralight aircraft
  • Armstrong Siddeley Panther, British aero-engine

Land transportation

  • Panther (amphibious vehicle), American amphibious car
  • Panther (motorcycle), British brand
  • Chevrolet Panther, codename for the 1960s car that would eventually become the Chevrolet Camaro
  • De Tomaso Pantera, an Italian sports car
  • Ford Panther platform, a sedan automobile platform
  • Isuzu Panther, a multi-purpose vehicle
  • Leyland Panther, a 1960s British single-deck bus
  • Plaxton Panther, a coach body
  • Panther Westwinds, a car manufacturer
  • Rosenbauer Panther, an airport crash tender

Military

  • Iveco LMV, a small armoured vehicle supplied to the British Army branded as the BAE Panther
  • Panther tank, a medium tank used by Germany in World War II
  • RG-33, Medium Mine Protected Vehicle, supplied to the US Army as the BAE Panther
  • K2 Black Panther, main battle tank for Korean forces
  • Panther KF51, prototype fourth generation main battle tank.

Ships

  • , the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy
  • , a German gunboat, which sparked the Agadir Crisis in 1911
  • SMS Panther (1885), an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser
  • , an Italian ferry in service 1962–1968
  • , two vessels of the United States Navy
  • German torpedo boat Panther (1940), a German torpedo boat of World War II

Other uses

  • Panther, Daviess County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Panther (legendary creature), a legendary creature featured in heraldry

See also

  • The Panther (disambiguation)
  • Panther Creek (disambiguation)
  • Panther Mountain (disambiguation)
  • Black panther (disambiguation)
  • Black Panthers (disambiguation)
  • The Pink Panther (disambiguation)
  • Pantera (disambiguation)
  • Panthera (disambiguation)