Jaguar

Prisma coloured pencils on black Stonhenge paper

Size A4

Panthera onca,

Melanism in the jaguar is conferred by a dominant allele, while in the leopard (Panthera pardus) by a recessive allele.

Black jaguars may produce either black or spotted cubs, but a pair of spotted jaguars can only produce spotted cubs.

Reference photo by fav.me/d59rplm

Used with her kind permission