Bagheera does mean black tiger, but the Indians thought it looked like a black tiger, apparently, because he's a black panther.
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Bagheera
As big as a black panther!
The feral boy, Mowgli of Kipling's "The Jungle Book" is raised in the jungle by wolves (Raksha and Father Wolf) and as a result has mainly animal friends and interactions. They include Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther.
The name 'Bagheera' reminds me of the eponymous Leopard's name in Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' .