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The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is a critically endangered cheetah subspecies currently only surviving in Iran. [1] Its range once spread from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum Desert and northern South Asia, but was extirpated in these regions during the 20th century.
Pirouz (Persian: پیروز, meaning "victorious"; 1 May 2022 – 28 February 2023) was an Asiatic cheetah born in Iran. The child of two Asiatic cheetahs named "Iran" and "Firouz", Pirouz was the only surviving cub of the three that were born. [2] [3] The birth of the cubs notably marked the first time the subspecies had reproduced in ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world's critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back from the verge of extinction in its last remaining refuge.
An Asiatic cheetah Persian fallow deer, surviving only in Iran and Israel As of 2001, 20 of Iran's mammal species and 14 bird species were endangered. Endangered species in Iran include the Baluchistan bear , Asiatic cheetah , Caspian seal , Persian fallow deer , Siberian crane , hawksbill turtle , green turtle , Oxus cobra , Latifi's viper ...
Once found throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, today cheetahs are found in Africa and a few remote regions of Iran. Human encroachment and poaching for their beautiful spotted fur diminished their ...
The animal’s tail is twice the length of its body, researchers said.
Miandasht Wildlife Refuge is situated in North Khorasan Province in northeastern Iran. It has been designated as a Wildlife Reserve by the Iranian Department of the Environment in 1973. [ 1 ] The reserve is located to the south of Golestan National Park , and to the east of Khar Turan National Park .
This subspecies is confined to central Iran, and is the only surviving cheetah population in Asia. [25] As of 2022, only 12 individuals were estimated to survive in Iran, nine of which are males and three of which are females. [26] Northeast African cheetah (A. j. soemmeringii) Fitzinger, 1855 [27]