<P> Black tiger, or cat, with the head black, sides, fore part of the legs, and the tail, covered with short and very glossy hairs, of a dusky colour, sometimes spotted with black, but generally plain: Upper lips white: At the corner of the mouth a black spot: Long hairs above each eye, and long whiskers on the upper lip: Lower lip, throat, belly and the inside of the legs, whitish, or very pale ash - colour: Paws white: Ears pointed: Grows to the size of a heifer of a year old: Has vast strength in its limbs.--Inhabits Brasil and Guiana: Is a cruel and fierce beast; much dreaded by the Indians; but happily is a scarce species . </P> <P> According to his translator Smellie (1781), the description was taken from two black jaguars exhibited in London some years previously . </P> <P> Black panther sightings are frequently recorded in rural Victoria and New South Wales, and Western Australia . The Australian "phantom panthers" are said to be responsible for the disappearances and deaths of numerous cats, dogs and livestock . </P> <P> Animal X Natural Mysteries Unit led an investigation into the phantom panther . Mike Williams, a local researcher, said he had sent feces and hair found by locals to labs for analysis, which identified it as feces from dogs that had feasted on swamp wallaby, and hair from a domestic cat . Mr Williams said he also had known leopard feces and hair collected from a private zoo tested by one of the same labs, but that these samples came back with the same results of dog feces and domestic cat hair . This indicated the lab incapable of distinguishing between leopard hairs and those of domestic animals, casting doubt on the previous findings . The lab used was not identified in the episode . </P>

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