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  2. Cheetahs become more nocturnal on hot days. Climate change ...

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    Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds. Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs ...

  3. Why wild cheetah populations are declining - AOL

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    The cheetah population is declining in large part because of human influences like climate change and habitat destructions. But some research has suggested that cheetahs are contributing to their ...

  4. Extinction risk from climate change - Wikipedia

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    A 2013 study estimated that 608–851 bird species (6–9%) are highly vulnerable to climate change while being on the IUCN Red List of threatened species, and 1,715–4,039 (17–41%) bird species are not currently threatened but could become threatened due to climate change in the future. [62]

  5. Population bottleneck - Wikipedia

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    Population bottleneck followed by recovery or extinction. A population bottleneck or genetic bottleneck is a sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events such as famines, earthquakes, floods, fires, disease, and droughts; or human activities such as genocide, speciocide, widespread violence or intentional culling.

  6. Northwest African cheetah - Wikipedia

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    The Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki), also known as the Saharan cheetah, is a cheetah subspecies native to the Sahara and the Sahel. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. In 2008, the population was suspected to number less than 250 mature individuals. [2]

  7. Cincinnati Zoo Welcomes 2 New Endangered Cheetah Cubs in ...

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    The Cincinnati Zoo's cheetah program has made headlines in the past for its cubs' special relationships with the zoo's puppies, who are raised alongside the cheetahs as companions to help them ...

  8. Habitat destruction - Wikipedia

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    The loss of trees from tropical rainforests alone represents a substantial diminishing of Earth's ability to produce oxygen and to use up carbon dioxide. These services are becoming even more important as increasing carbon dioxide levels is one of the main contributors to global climate change. [50]

  9. 3 cheetah cubs born at Springfield zoo aren't yet on ... - AOL

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    The Dickerson Park Zoo got a little fuller in mid-November as the zoo welcomed three cheetah cubs. Faith, a four-year-old cheetah, became a first-time mom to three on Nov. 16, according to a ...