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Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  family Felidae - cats

Scientific synonyms

Acinonyx rex Pocock, 1927
Cynailurus guttatus
Cynailurus jubatus Wagler, 1830
Felis guttata Hermann, 1804
Felis jubatus Schreber, 1775
Felis venatica Griffith, 1821
Guepardus jubatus Duvernoy, 1834

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IUCN category:Vulnerable

Images

Acinonyx jubatus raineyi - East African Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus raineyi - East African Cheetah

Author: Michal Sloviak

Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

Acinonyx jubatus - Cheetah

Author: Ivan Mikšík

Acinonyx jubatus - Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus - Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

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Taxon in country check-lists*

Afghanistan?, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon?, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti?, Egypt?, Ethiopia, Ghana, India†, Iran, Iraq†, Israel†, Jordan†, Kenya, Malawi?, Mali?, Mauritania?, Morocco?, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria?, Oman, Pakistan?, Russia†, Saudi Arabia†, Senegal?, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria†, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

* List of countries might not be complete

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Intertaxon relationships

parasite: Galoncus perniciosus (Linstow, 1885), Ancylostoma paraduodenale Biocca, 1951, Ancylostoma iperodontatum Le Roux & Biocca, 1957

prey: Kobus vardonii (Livingstone, 1857) - Puku, Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812) - Impala, Litocranius walleri (Brooke, 1879) - Gerenuk, Antidorcas marsupialis (Zimmermann, 1780) - Springbok, Gazella granti (Brooke, 1872) - Grant's Gazelle, ...

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 6

subspecies Acinonyx jubatus hecki Hilzheimer, 1913 - Northwest African Cheetah
subspecies Acinonyx jubatus jubatus (Schreber, 1775)

Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

subspecies Acinonyx jubatus raineyi Heller, 1913 - East African Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus raineyi - East African Cheetah

subspecies Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii Fitzinger, 1855 - North African Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii - North African Cheetah

subspecies Acinonyx jubatus velox Heller, 1913
subspecies Acinonyx jubatus venaticus Griffith, 1821 - Asiatic Cheetah

Links and literature

EN ARKive [/cheetah/acinonyx-jubatus/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [219] [as Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Acinonyx jubatus Schreber, 1775]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
EN Wikipedia Articles [Cheetah]
Wikipedia Articles [http://en.wikipedia.org]
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775)]
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? disputed occurrence of species in area described by check-list

† species extinct in area described by check-list



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