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Clouded leopards and pumas are not panthers. Panthers include any species in the genus "Panthera," which includes snow leopards.

In terms of the Jaguars, I'd assume that one of the above posters is correct, and that the Yaguarate are based specifically upon Jaguars, while Balam are based on the mythological were-jaguar creatures of mesoamerican myth.