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07-30-2007, 02:12 PM

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Melanism in "non-spotted " big cats

I know that some individual leopards and jaguars are melanistic -- not quite pure black, since you can still make out spots/rosettes if the sun is shining on them -- but I was wondering about other species of big cats. Do lions and tigers ever go melanistic? How about mountain lions (not technically "big cats", I think)?

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