Bagheera

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Bagheera is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book (coll. 1894) and The Second Jungle Book (coll. 1895). He is a black panther (melanistic Indian leopard) who serves as friend, protector, and mentor to the "man-cub" Mowgli. The word bagheera is Hindi/Urdu for black panther, although the root word bagh means tiger. He has been voiced by a varied cast including Sebastian Cabot, Eartha Kitt, and Ben Kingsley.

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Bagheera is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book (coll. 1894) and The Second Jungle Book (coll. 1895). He is a black panther (melanistic Indian leopard) who serves as friend, protector, and mentor to the "man-cub" Mowgli. The word bagheera is Hindi/Urdu for black panther, although the root word bagh means tiger. He has been voiced by a varied cast including Sebastian Cabot, Eartha Kitt, and Ben Kingsley.

Subject ID: 108230

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Subject ID: 108230