What type of panther is this fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in the "Jungle Book" that along with Baloo save Mowgli from Shere Khan?
Baloo Baloo (Hindi: भालू "Bhālū", "bear") is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" from 1894 and "The Second Jungle Book" from 1895. Baloo, a bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pack. His most challenging pupil is the "man-cub" Mowgli. Baloo and Bagheera, a panther, save Mowgli from Shere Khan the tiger and endeavor to teach Mowgli the Law of the Jungle in many of "The Jungle Book" stories.
Kalahari lion The Kalahari lion ("Panthera leo melanochaita") is a lion population in the Kalahari region in southwestern Africa. In 2010, the small and isolated population was estimated at 683 to 1,397 individuals in three protected areas, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, the Kalahari Gemsbok and Gemsbok National Parks.