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47-453: (Redirected from Panthers ) [REDACTED] Look up panther in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Panther (Latin: Panthera ) is a genus of big cats native to equatorial regions. Large cats [ edit ] See also: Big cat Pantherinae , the cat subfamily that contains the genera Panthera and Neofelis Panthera ,

94-638: 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 [ edit ] Blackpool Panthers , an English rugby league team Penrith Panthers , a rugby league team in

141-477: 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 [ edit ] Augsburger Panther , a DEL ice hockey team ERC Ingolstadt aka The Panthers ,

188-592: A classification that was accepted by IUCN Red List assessors in 2008. Based on genetic research , it was suggested to group all living sub-Saharan lion populations into P. l. leo . Results of phylogeographic studies indicate that the Western and Central African lion populations are more closely related to those in India and form a different clade than lion populations in Southern and East Africa ; southeastern Ethiopia

235-1472: A former professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan, that competed in the now-defunct United States Football League Other sports [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 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 USPF Panthers , University of Southern Philippines Foundation (Cebu City, Philippines) High school sports [ edit ] Permian Panthers ,

282-604: A fun name. There’s a certain militancy, rather than just a docile acceptance of what our country’s doing.” When Kuhn formed the organization, her alliances were not just limited to other older persons facing a plight similar to her own. As indicated by the Gray Panthers’ slogan which endures to this day, “Age and Youth in Action,” she made it a priority to include people of all generations. Gray Panther's membership continues to be inclusive of people of diverse ages. During this period,

329-470: A legendary creature featured in heraldry See also [ edit ] The Panther (disambiguation) Panther Creek (disambiguation) Panther Mountain (disambiguation) Black panther (disambiguation) Black Panthers (disambiguation) The Pink Panther (disambiguation) Pantera (disambiguation) Panthera (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

376-481: A lower resistance to airflow; it was therefore proposed to be retained in the genus Uncia . Panthera species can prusten , which is a short, soft, snorting sound; it is used during contact between friendly individuals. The roar is an especially loud call with a distinctive pattern that depends on the species. The geographic origin of the Panthera is most likely northern Central Asia . Panthera blytheae , possibly

423-511: A population of cougar Art, media, and entertainment [ edit ] Video games [ edit ] 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,

470-427: A prominent advocate for LGBT rights . The organization was prominent in protests against both Iraq Wars, in 1991 and 2003 . There were even some Gray Panthers who were arrested over protests in 2003. While such efforts were originally unsuccessful, protesting these wars resonated with younger generations of potential Gray Panthers, therefore, engaging the “youth” part of “Age and Youth in Action.” Furthermore, with

517-607: Is an admixture region between North African and East African lion populations. Black panthers do not form a distinct species, but are melanistic specimens of the genus, most often encountered in the leopard and jaguar. The following list of the genus Panthera is based on the taxonomic assessment in Mammal Species of the World and reflects the taxonomy revised in 2017 by the Cat Classification Task Force of

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564-437: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Panthera Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae , and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae . It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar , leopard , lion , snow leopard and tiger , as well as a number of extinct species, including

611-574: Is one of the strongest advocates for a binding global Convention to protect the Human Rights of Older Persons . Gray Panthers has been instrumental in ensuring that the concerns of older persons have been enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals , the world's blueprint for social, economic, and environmental development. Ensuring that the rights of older women would be recognized, Gray Panthers successfully overcame resistance so that

658-552: The American lion ( P. atrox ) is a sister lineage to Panthera spelaea (the Eurasian cave or steppe lion) that diverged about 0.34  million years ago , and that both P. atrox and P. spelaea are most closely related to lions among living Panthera species. The snow leopard is nested within Panthera and is the sister species of the tiger. Results of a 2016 study based on analysis of biparental nuclear genomes suggest

705-1038: The Cat Specialist Group : [REDACTED] P. l. melanochaita ( Smith , 1842) including: [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Indian leopard P. p. fusca ( Meyer , 1794) Javan leopard P. p. melas ( G. Cuvier , 1809) Arabian leopard P. p. nimr ( Hemprich and Ehrenberg ), 1833 P. p. tulliana ( Valenciennes , 1856), syn. P. p. ciscaucasica ( Satunin , 1914), P. p. saxicolor Pocock, 1927 Amur leopard P. p. orientalis ( Schlegel , 1857), syn. P. p. japonensis ( Gray , 1862) Indochinese leopard P. p. delacouri Pocock, 1930 Sri Lankan leopard P. p. kotiya Deraniyagala, 1956 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Sunda Island tiger P. t. sondaica Temminck, 1844) including [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Other, now invalid, species have also been described, such as Panthera crassidens from South Africa, which

752-511: 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 [ edit ] Iveco LMV , a small armoured vehicle supplied to

799-456: The bullae is large, the outer small. The partition between them is close to the external auditory meatus . The convexly rounded chin is sloping. All Panthera species have an incompletely ossified hyoid bone and a specially adapted larynx with large vocal folds covered in a fibro-elastic pad; these characteristics enable them to roar . Only the snow leopard cannot roar, as it has shorter vocal folds of 9 mm (0.35 in) that provide

846-430: The cave lion and American lion . The word panther derives from classical Latin panthēra , itself from the ancient Greek pánthēr ( πάνθηρ ). In Panthera species, the dorsal profile of the skull is flattish or evenly convex. The frontal inter orbital area is not noticeably elevated, and the area behind the elevation is less steeply sloped. The basic cranial axis is nearly horizontal. The inner chamber of

893-850: 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 [ edit ] 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

940-487: The 2003 Iraq War, the Gray Panthers were critical of American intervention years before the majority of Americans shared similar opinions. The Gray Panthers also advocated for a robust national health care system, whether it be through the preservation of Medicare and Social Security, or through single-payer health care. On these issues, the organization continued to succeed in preserving Medicare and Social Security, though

987-647: The Black Panthers Science and technology [ edit ] For vehicles, see § Transportation . 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 [ edit ] Professional and amateur sports [ edit ] Basketball [ edit ] GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück ,

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1034-706: 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 [ edit ] HMS  Panther , the name of at least five ships of

1081-475: The Clinton Administration's health care proposal in 1993-94 fell short of what the Gray Panthers wanted. In fact, the health care plan Maggie Kuhn championed what was described by The New York Times as “the most radical of the various proposals: health insurance paid totally by the government.” The organization protested President Bill Clinton ’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy which kept members of

1128-575: The European jaguar) Jaguar [REDACTED] Leopard [REDACTED] Lion [REDACTED] † Panthera spelaea (cave lion or steppe lion) [REDACTED] † American lion ( Panthera atrox ) Gray Panthers In addition to its initial response to the issue of mandatory retirement , Gray Panthers have challenged other ageist laws and stereotypes and engaged in anti-war activism, Medicare and Social Security preservation, inter-generational housing, LGBT rights advocacy, environmentalism ,

1175-575: The Gray Panthers wanted to counteract the stereotypes that older persons were weak, disabled, and incapable of doing much physical labor, the organization still cared deeply for people who were frail. As such, the organization was among the most vocal opponents to President Reagan's proposed cuts to Medicare and Social Security. As with the ban on mandatory retirement, this was an issue where the Gray Panthers were able to get what they wanted because Medicare and Social Security were saved from deep cuts. Another key facet of Gray Panther work from its early years

1222-473: The Gray Panthers were at the forefront of ideas some considered provocative—namely, ideas that older persons should be able to live in inter-generational housing, and that older people can and should freely have sex. And, of course, many of Maggie Kuhn's quotes—including,”Old age is not a disease, it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses”—were used as weapons against ageist stereotypes. While

1269-623: The NRL Wests Panthers , an Australian rugby league team Western Panthers Rugby Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe American football [ edit ] 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 ,

1316-690: The Royal Navy SMS ; Panther , a German gunboat, which sparked the Agadir Crisis in 1911 SMS Panther (1885) , an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser SS  Panther , an Italian ferry in service 1962–1968 USS  Panther , two vessels of the United States Navy German torpedo boat Panther (1940) , a German torpedo boat of World War II Other uses [ edit ] Panther, Daviess County, Kentucky , an unincorporated community Panther (legendary creature) ,

1363-514: 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 [ edit ] Panther (amphibious vehicle) , American amphibious car Panther (motorcycle) , British brand Chevrolet Panther, codename for the 1960s car that would eventually become

1410-520: 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 Cougar , a big cat that is not in the subfamily Pantherinae, but is commonly referred to as a panther Florida panther ,

1457-872: The codename for Ann Takamaki , a character from Persona 5 Other media [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Panther (company) , German maker of professional camera cranes and dollies Panther (publisher) , publishing house specialising in paperback fiction Panther Software , Japanese video game company Panther Westwinds , defunct British car manufacturer People [ edit ] 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

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1504-485: The fair treatment of people in nursing homes, and the promotion of single-payer health care . Maggie Kuhn's interest in older persons’ rights existed well before she founded the Gray Panthers in 1970. She was involved with the White House Conference on Aging in 1961, and appalled by the way people in some retirement homes were treated. What really sparked her determination to form an activist organization

1551-582: The following relationships of living Panthera species: The extinct species Panthera gombaszoegensis , was probably closely related to the modern jaguar. The first fossil remains were excavated in Olivola , in Italy, and date to 1.6  million years ago . Fossil remains found in South Africa that appear to belong within the Panthera lineage date to about 2 to 3.8 million years ago . Panthera

1598-2412: 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 [ edit ] Aircraft [ edit ] Eurocopter AS565 Panther , military helicopter Grumman F9F Panther , jet fighter used by

1645-476: The law, and in 1986, Congress passed a law banning mandatory retirement in most jobs. The law was signed by President Ronald Reagan , as of that time the oldest ever President of the United States. There were other ageist stereotypes that the Gray Panthers wanted to end. In particular, the stereotype that older persons were “impotent, frail, disabled, demented, or dependent.” By confronting those stereotypes,

1692-405: The lion and leopard subspecies are questionable because of insufficient genetic distinction between them. Subsequently, it was proposed to group all African leopard populations to P. p. pardus and retain eight subspecific names for Asian leopard populations. Results of genetic analysis indicate that the snow leopard (formerly Uncia uncia ) also belongs to the genus Panthera ( P. uncia ),

1739-435: The lists considerably. Reginald Innes Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as comprising the tiger ( P. tigris ), lion ( P. leo ), jaguar ( P. onca ), and leopard ( P. pardus ) on the basis of common features of their skulls . Since the mid-1980s, several Panthera species became subjects of genetic research , mostly using blood samples of captive individuals. Study results indicate that many of

1786-474: The main issues of the Gray Panthers included forced retirement, ageist stereotypes, cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and world peace . There had been a mandatory forced retirement age at 65, based on the perception that older persons could not be productive members of a workplace after that age. While that stereotype was difficult to overcome, the Panthers were ultimately successful in their efforts to overturn

1833-565: The military from being openly LGBT. The Gray Panthers were, therefore, at the forefront of an issue which was deeply unpopular at the time. In the present day, the Gray Panthers continue to be at the forefront of advocacy against ageism and for social justice at the local, national, and international levels. Within the United States, the Gray Panthers have received considerable media attention for triggering an audit of nursing home violations, confronting ageist stereotypes at all levels of society, and bringing attention to other issues which affect

1880-514: The oldest known Panthera species, is similar in skull features to the snow leopard, though its taxonomic placement has been disputed by other researchers who suggest that the species likely belongs to a different genus. The tiger, snow leopard, and clouded leopard genetic lineages dispersed in Southeast Asia during the Miocene . Genetic studies indicate that the pantherine cats diverged from

1927-557: The quality of life of all seniors. The Gray Panthers are working with the United States Department of Labor to ensure support for family caregivers, and are involved in discussions on how to deliver improved home health care in the United States. Action and advocacy for older persons is not confined just to the United States. The Gray Panthers have also become increasingly prominent at the United Nations . The organization

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1974-519: The subfamily Felinae between six and ten million years ago. The genus Neofelis is sister to Panthera . The clouded leopard appears to have diverged about 8.66  million years ago . Panthera diverged from other cat species about 11.3  million years ago and then evolved into the species tiger about 6.55  million years ago , snow leopard about 4.63  million years ago and leopard about 4.35  million years ago . Mitochondrial sequence data from fossils suggest that

2021-451: The title Panther . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panther&oldid=1257992198 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Ship disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Animal common name disambiguation pages Short description

2068-805: Was its advocacy for peace . The Panthers, both young and old, were particularly vociferous in its opposition to the Vietnam War , and war, in general, was a part of the Gray Panthers platform from the very beginning. The organization's work in being anti-war did not stop with Vietnam—the Panthers were opponents of several of President Reagan's plans, such as his “Star Wars” and increased foreign intervention in Central America . While mandatory retirement ages were abolished in 1986, there were still many threats and social injustices for Gray Panthers to address, including world peace, Medicare and Social Security Benefits, and single-payer health care. They would also become

2115-492: Was later found to be based on a mixture of leopard and cheetah fossils. In 2018, results of a phylogenetic study on living and fossil cats were published. This study was based on the morphological diversity of the mandibles of saber-toothed cats , their speciation and extinction rates . † Panthera palaeosinensis † Panthera blytheae Snow leopard [REDACTED] † Panthera zdanskyi Tiger [REDACTED] † Panthera gombaszoegensis (sometimes called

2162-527: Was named and described by Lorenz Oken in 1816 who placed all the spotted cats in this group. During the 19th and 20th centuries, various explorers and staff of natural history museums suggested numerous subspecies, or at times called "races", for all Panthera species. The taxonomist Reginald Innes Pocock reviewed skins and skulls in the zoological collection of the Natural History Museum, London , and grouped subspecies described, thus shortening

2209-526: Was when she found herself a victim of the lack of rights for older persons in 1970, forced to retire from a job she loved in the Presbyterian Church. Instead of passively accepting retirement, Kuhn decided to band together with other people she knew who were also forced to retire. The lack of accepting the status quo would not just form the Gray Panther organization, but also the Gray Panther name--“It’s

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