The Asiatic Black Leopard is a melanistic color variant of an Asian subspecies of Leopard, that lives in India, and it is thought that melanism may confer a selective advantage under certain conditions since it is more common regions of the dense forest, where light levels are lower. Consequently, Asiatic black leopards may produce either black or spotted cubs, but the pair of spotted leopards can only produce spotted Cubs. The Indian black leopard was considered a separate species by indigenous people.
Leon the Indian Black Leopard (Dr. Dre)
Bagheera (Ben Kingsley)
