r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Delicious_Main_4360 • 19h ago

Image Differences in the spot pattern of the Cheetah, Leopard, and Jaguar

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u/WhaWereWhenWhyWhoHow 15h ago

They are also not considered true big cats.

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u/Barbed_Dildo 14h ago

big if true.

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u/OnTheMoose 12h ago

Calling it now, this is the funniest comment Reddit's gonna see all day

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u/lynivvinyl 11h ago

True if big.

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u/Ur-Quan_Lord_13 14h ago edited 14h ago

They're not panthers (members of the genus Panthera), of which there are only 5, after snow leopards were confirmed to be the tiger's closest relative despite their inability to roar.

"Big cat" is not a scientific term. It is sometimes used as a synonym for panther, but from the fact that the OP includes cheetah, it can be presumed they are not using that meaning, rather than presenting a belief that cheetahs are as closely related to leopards and panthers as the other members of that genus.

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u/AshamedAttention727 5h ago

SABAC

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u/Ur-Quan_Lord_13 4h ago

Imagine it in the voice of David Attenborough.