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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.
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 ...
Asiatic cheetahs rarely breed in captivity as there is only one record of a litter ever born to captive animals. [ 17 ] By the beginning of the 20th century, wild cheetah sightings were rare in India, so much so that between 1918 and 1945, Indian princes imported cheetahs from Africa for coursing.
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.
Critically endangered fauna−animals of Asia. IUCN Red List Endangered category. ... Asiatic cheetah; Chinese alligator;
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.
A sub-adult Asiatic lion in Gir Forest, India. The Asiatic cheetah is considered to be extirpated in Afghanistan since the 1950s. [11] Two cheetah skins were seen in markets in the country, one in 1971, and then in 2006. The latter was reportedly from Samangan Province. [12]
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.