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Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody cared to cross his path; for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down. The Matra Bagheera is a sports car created by the French engineering group Matra in cooperation with the automaker Simca. ...

—Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

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—Master Word of Bagheera

Bagheera (Hindi: Leopard) the black panther is an animal fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book (coll. 1894) and The Second Jungle Book (coll. 1895).-1... A melanistic leopard, or black panther The black panther is the common name for a black specimen (a melanistic variant) of any of several species of cats. ... A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that is created from ones imagination or from an adaption of an existing entity. ... This article is about the British author. ... Mowgli by John Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard Kipling). ... Embossed cover from the original MacMillan edition of The Jungle Book, 1894, based on art by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyards father) For other uses, see The Jungle Book (disambiguation). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Embossed cover from the original MacMillan edition of The Second Jungle Book, 1895, based on art by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyards father) The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Character history

Originally born in captivity in the menagerie of the Rajah of Oodeypore, India, Bagheera begins to pine for his freedom after his mother dies. Once he is mature and strong enough he breaks the lock on his cage and escapes into the jungle, where his ferocity and cunning win him the respect of all its other inhabitants, except Shere Khan the tiger. Bagheera reveals all this to Mowgli later. None but Mowgli ever learn that Bagheera once wore a collar and chain, explaining the cat's special insight concerning Men. Menagerie is the term for a historical form of keeping wild and exotic animals in human captivity and therefore a predecessor of the modern zoological garden. ... A Raja (sometimes spelled Rajah) is a king, or princely ruler. ... Udaipur redirects here. ... Mowgli attacking Shere Khan (right) with a burning branch; detail of a rare clay bas-relief by John Lockwood Kipling, father of Rudyard, , 1907. ... For other uses, see Tiger (disambiguation). ... Mowgli by John Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard Kipling). ...

When Father Wolf and Raksha of the Seeonee (Seoni) wolf pack adopt the human "cub" Mowgli and the pack demands that the new cub should be spoken for, Bagheera buys Mowgli's life with a freshly-killed bull and helps to raise him as one of the pack. Because his life has been bought by a bull, Mowgli is forbidden to eat cattle (coincidentally, just as the Hindu villagers of the region are also forbidden). Father Wolf is a fictional wolf character in Rudyard Kiplings Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. ... Raksha is afemale wolf in Rudyard Kiplings novel The JUNGLE BOO ... Seoni is a city in south-central Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... This article is about modern humans. ... For general information about the genus, including other species of cattle, see Bos. ... For general information about the genus, including other species of cattle, see Bos. ... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ...

Bagheera shares in many of Mowgli's adventures as he grows, but eventually the time comes when the man-cub becomes a man and has to return to human society. Bagheera frees Mowgli of his debt to the wolf pack by killing another bull, and Mowgli returns to his adopted human mother Messua.

Bagheera is one of Mowgli's mentors. He, Baloo and Kaa sing for Mowgli "The Outsong" of the jungle. Baloo is the fictional sleepy old grey bear featured in Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. ... -1...

In several adaptations of the story (such as Maugli, the animated Russian version), Bagheera is portrayed as female, since there are no major female characters in the original novel by Kipling (in case of the Russian cartoon it may be related to the fact that the word for "panther" is a female noun). In Maugli it should also be noted that she has three cubs, one black and two normally colored ones. For other uses, see The Jungle Book (disambiguation). ...

In Disney's adaptation, Bagheera the panther was male, and voiced by Sebastian Cabot in English. The Panther was portrayed as a clever, serious and responsible character, quite similar to the Bagheera in the novel, except that in the novel Bagheera spoiled Mowgli more. In the movie, it is Bagheera and not the wolves who first finds Mowgli in a wrecked boat, and he is the one who takes him back to the village. Bagheera is also the only other character besides Mowgli to be hypnotized by Kaa. During the movie, Bagheera often argues with Baloo, for he knows that as long as Shere Khan is in the jungle, the jungle is not safe for Mowgli despite all attempts of the bear to protect him. Bagheera is also the narrator of the movie's story. The Jungle Book is a 1967 animated feature film, released on October 18th. ... Sebastian Cabot (July 6, 1918 â€“ August 22, 1977) was a film and television actor, best remembered as a gently composed gentlemans gentleman in the 1960s situation comedy Family Affair, but his sonorous voice and understated style belied his frequent typecasting as an Englishman trying to make sense of America. ... Hypnotic Seance, by Richard Bergh Hypnosis is a state of mind in which a persons conscious critical thinking mind is bypassed and communication with the subconscious mind is established. ...

Bagheera is also one of the major characters left out of the TaleSpin series which used several Jungle Book characters. However, many of Shere Khan's soldiers and pilots are black panthers very similar in style to Bagheera. Disneys TaleSpin is a half-hour Disney animated series that first aired as part of The Disney Afternoon. ...

In some Disney comics drawn in Italy, Bagheera is depicted as a female non-anthropomorphic animal movie star, loosely based on her animated movie appearance. Originally all black, she has white body parts. She enjoys signing autographs to her fans and eating pistachio-flavored pet food, being vegetarian. A movie star or film star is a celebrity who is a person known for his or her roles in motion pictures. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Binomial name L. The pistachio (Pistacia vera L., Anacardiaceae; sometimes placed in Pistaciaceae) is a small tree up to 10 m tall, native to mountainous regions of Iran, Turkmenistan and western Afghanistan. ... Articles in category Pet foods There are 16 articles in this section of this category. ... For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ...

Voices of Bagheera.

• Sebastian Cabot (The Jungle Book)
• Bob Joles (The Jungle Book 2)
• Elizabeth Daily and Dee Bradley Baker (Jungle Cubs)
• Jim Cummings (Adult in Jungle Cubs: Born to be Wild)
• Eartha Kitt The Jungle Book: Mowgili's story