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 *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

Film and television

* Panther (film), ''Panther'' (film) * ''The Pink Panther (film series), The Pink Panther'', a series of American comedy films mainly starring Peter Sellers * Black Panther (film), ''Black Panther'' (film), a 2018 superhero movie based on the Black Panther comic books * The Panthers (miniseries), ''The Panthers'' (miniseries), a miniseries about the origins of the Polynesian Panthers in New Zealand

Video Games

* Panther (1975 video game), ''Panther'' (1975 video game), a battle tank-driving game developed for the PLATO system * Panther (1988 video game), ''Panther'' (1988 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

Other media

* Panther (owarai), Japanese comedy trio * "The Panther (poem)", by Rainer Maria Rilke * Black Panther (character), A Marvel Comics character * Panthers (band)

Brands and enterprises

* Panther (publisher), a publishing house specialising in paperback fiction * Panther Software, a Japanese video game company * Panther Westwinds, a 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 * Manny Panther (birth 1984), Scottish former footballer

Political groups

* Black Panther Party, a Black nationalist organization * Black Panthers (Israel), an Israeli protest movement * Dalit Panthers, revolutionary anti-caste organization founded by dalits in Maharashtra, India * Gray Panthers, an American organization promoting senior citizens' rights * Polynesian Panthers, political group in New Zealand * White Panther Party, a 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 * Pantterit, Helsinki Panthers, a basketball club from Helsinki, Finland * ''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 Miami, 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

Other sports

* 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 * 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

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 * 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

* 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 (New Jersey), 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 * Glencoe Panthers, Glencoe High School (Oklahoma) * Hillcrest Panthers, Hillcrest High School (Dallas) * Lake City Panthers, Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina) * Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School * 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 * Parkdale Panthers, Parkdale High School * Pine View Panthers, Pine View High School * 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 * 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, the helicopter based on the Eurocopter Dauphin * Grumman F9F Panther, a jet fighter used by the US Navy in the Korean War * PANTHER, the callsign for Falcon Air Express * Rotec Panther, an ultralight aircraft * Armstrong Siddeley Panther, a British aero-engine

Land transportation

* Panther (car-boat), an amphibious vehicle * Panther (motorcycle) * 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

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), SMS ''Panther'' (1885), an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser * , an Italian ferry in service 1962-68 * , two vessels of the United States Navy * German torpedo boat Panther (1940), German torpedo boat ''Panther'' (1940), a German torpedo boat of World War II

Other uses

*Panther, Daviess County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community