Bagheera (genus)
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Bagheera is a genus of jumping spiders.
[edit] Name
The genus name is derived from Bagheera, the black panther from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Akela, Messua and Nagaina.
[edit] Species
- Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Mexico, Guatemala
- Bagheera prosper (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — USA, Mexico
