Talk:Ghira Belladonna/@comment-5808856-20161204225058/@comment-25936766-20161205042243

@Anon: I know. Puma is it's own genus, different from Panthera where Lions are. But they are called Mountain Lions too so for me, just another kind of lion. Like a horse of a different color. So to speak.

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@Chish&Spirit: Black Panthers are caused by melanin-related traits in members of the Panthera genus. Generally, they are Jaguars and Leopards. Black Jaguars appear in America, while Black Leopards appear in Asia and Africa. The trait is caused by a recesive allele in leopards and dominant allele in jaguars.

Some things to note include: 1-They are more common in dense forests where light levels are lower.

2-The black fades to a more brown coloration eventually.

3-It isn't always 100% black (they can still have markings and some coloration, for example).

4-If a jaguar is crossed with a lion, the alelle is still Dominant over lion's coloration.

Now, given Alexander's build, a jaguar is a good guess. But I do wonder, due to point 4.....to me, Alexander's face, mostly thanks to the beard and hair, make me think of a lion.

Now, I've never heard of a Black Lion, not counting Jaglions, though the Faunus doesn't have to have (human) traits of the same color as their species. So he could well be a Black-haired Lion Faunus. Just like Adam's a Red-haired bull/goat/sheep/whatever he is.

....Of course, we could all have been played for fools and he isn't a cat to begin with.