Bagheera (spider)
| Bagheera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: |
Bagheera Peckham & Peckham, 1896 |
| Type species | |
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Bagheera kiplingi Peckham & Peckham, 1896 |
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 4 species | |
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Bagheera is a genus of jumping spiders. There are four species.
The genus name is derived from Bagheera, the black-toned Leopard from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are Akela, Messua and Nagaina.
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