Talk:Faunus/@comment-24018437-20171206213249/@comment-24018437-20171206214856

Considering Ghira alludes to Bagheera, I think its more likely that they are indeed leopard (considering ‘panther’ can also refer to a jaguar or puma, I’ll just use leopard from here on.) based. But his appearance is indeed rather lion-like now that you mention, but his hair is also black, just like a black leopard. I admit that is not the best argument though.

As for roars...I’ll need to listen to Ghira’s roar and those of a leopard and lion to compared them. However, in movies and series, big cat sounds are often switched around in order to make them more intimidating. The leopards in Tarzan, for example, had puma calls. The jaguars and snow leopards in Far Cry Primal also had the sound effects of puma’s. And while I’m not a 100% certain, I once heard that tiger sounds were used in The Lion King. Shere Khan’s roars in some media are also that of lions. So going of sound when big cats are involved is a bit of a messy process.

The fact that Ghira can roar, however, does limit his faunus trait to that of a lion, leopard, jaguar or tiger, as other cat species can’t roar. Out of these four species, I still think the leopard is the most likely, giving Ghira’s allusion to Bagheera.