Acording to the article above the "black" Jaguar has roamed North America and proven to be as close as west TX. These things are known to roam just a much as other cats or their size. No one is specifially saying that the "Black Panther" is deff. a black couger. After all, its deff. not a panther. Just a term locals use to describe some large "Black Cat" in my opinion.
I have read an article recently of a guy in FL who raises cougers in captivity and had a litter of kittens with a dark grey pigment which looks like it may turn to a black coat as they get older. Just goes to show that a couger very well may be capable of a dark (if not black) color change. Artcle had pictures also.
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