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  2. Asiatic cheetah - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Wildlife of Iran - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Why wild cheetah populations are declining - AOL

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    Cheetahs might be fast, but they aren't the smartest of felines around. The cheetah population is declining in large part because of human influences like climate change and habitat destructions.

  5. Cheetah - Wikipedia

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    Cheetahs can go from 0 to 97 km/h (0 to 60 mph) in less than 3 seconds. [109] There are indirect ways to measure how fast a cheetah can run. One case is known of a cheetah that overtook a young male pronghorn. Cheetahs can overtake a running antelope with a 140 m (150 yd) head start.

  6. Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world's ... - AOL

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    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.

  7. African cheetah translocation to India - Wikipedia

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    India's native subspecies of the cheetah—the Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)—became extinct there in the mid-20th century. Since then, the Asiatic subspecies has survived only in Iran in critically endangered numbers. [3]

  8. Speed, agility, smarts: Here's why the cheetah is the symbol ...

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    The head of Africa's Cheetah Conservation Fund visited the headquarters of the fast-growing company that uses the speedy mammal as its symbol. Speed, agility, smarts: Here's why the cheetah is the ...

  9. Wildlife of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    The Asiatic cheetah occurred in the desert west of Basrah until 1926. The last known cheetah in the country was killed by a car. [24] The last known Asiatic lion was killed on the lower Tigris in 1918. [1] The last Arabian oryx was shot in 1914. Syrian elephants roamed Mesopotamia until around 700 BC.