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The earliest African cheetah fossils from the early Pleistocene have been found in the lower beds of the Olduvai Gorge site in northern Tanzania. [7]Not much was known about the East African cheetah's evolutionary story, although at first, the East and Southern African cheetahs were thought to be identical as the genetic distance between the two subspecies is low. [13]
The modern cheetah appeared in Africa around 1.9 mya; its fossil record is restricted to Africa. [ 31 ] Extinct North American cheetah-like cats had historically been classified in Felis , Puma or Acinonyx ; two such species, F. studeri and F. trumani , were considered to be closer to the puma than the cheetah, despite their close similarities ...
The Southeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) is the nominate cheetah subspecies native to East and Southern Africa. [1] The Southern African cheetah lives mainly in the lowland areas and deserts of the Kalahari, the savannahs of Okavango Delta, and the grasslands of the Transvaal region in South Africa.
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 Northeast African cheetah is threatened by poaching, illegal wildlife trade, hunting, habitat loss, and lack of prey. There is an increasing rate of Northeast African cheetah cubs mostly from Somaliland being smuggled to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. [2]
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]
Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
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