Bagheera
Bagheera is the black panther in Rudyard Kipling's *The Jungle Book* (1894), a sleek and cunning mentor to the boy Mowgli.
The name has become shorthand for a protective, wise, or stealthy companion: He moved through the crowd like Bagheera.
Pet panthers and black cats often inherit the name.
fictional
- KiplingVictorian jungle storyteller
- pantherLarge dark wildcat
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
Disney · Shere Khan · Baloo · wolf pack · animated · protector · wise · sleek
Mowgli
guardian · Disney · Shere Khan · Baloo · wolf pack · animated · protector · wise · sleek · Akela
melanistic
Having surplus dark pigment
- jungle catReed-dwelling Asian wild feline
- felineOf or like cats
- stealthySecretly cautious in movement
nocturnal · predator · yellow eyes · solitary · agile · carnivore · prowling · lithe · powerful · tree climber
pet name
Affectionate nickname for loved ones
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
noble · mysterious · regal · distinctive · memorable · unique · striking · bold · dignified
- Fictional CatsGarfield, Felix, Sylvester, Tom, Cheshire Cat
- big cat talesThe Lion King, The Jungle Book, Life of Pi, Born Free, Simba
- KiplingMowgli, Baloo, Shere Khan, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, The Jungle Book
- Fictional Big CatsSimba, Mufasa, Nala, Kiara
- jumping spidersjumping spider, Portia, Eris
- big catslion, leopard, lioness, cub, cougar