Cheetah
(Acinonyx jubatus)[] | |
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Species ID: | 3-6-47-29-14738 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Felidae |
Genus: | Acinonyx |
Conservation status: | VU - Vulnerable |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Links: | IUCN Red List |
Subspecies[]
- A. j. hecki (Northwest African cheetah)
- A. j. jubatus (Southeast African cheetah)
- A. j. soemmeringii (Northeast African cheetah)
- A. j. venaticus (Asiatic cheetah)
Diet[]
- Medium-sized ungulates
- Small mammals
- Rodents
- Birds
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- Temperate coniferous forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
Locations[]
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Ecozones[]
- Afrotropic
- Palearctic
Ecoregions[]
- AT0125 Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0203 Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
- AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
- AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
- AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
- AT0708 Itigi-Sumbu thicket
- AT0709 Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0710 Mandara Plateau mosaic
- AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0713 Sahelian Acacia savanna
- AT0714 Serengeti volcanic grasslands
- AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0722 West Sudanian savanna
- AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
- AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0901 East African halophytics
- AT0902 Etosha Pan halophytics
- AT0903 Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna
- AT0904 Lake Chad flooded savanna
- AT0905 Saharan flooded grasslands
- AT0906 Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
- AT0907 Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT0908 Zambezian halophytics
- AT1001 Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1002 Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands
- AT1003 Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1004 Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1006 Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1009 Highveld grasslands
- AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1014 South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1015 Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1201 Albany thickets
- AT1202 Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1203 Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1302 Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert
- AT1303 East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
- AT1304 Eritrean coastal desert
- AT1305 Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
- AT1307 Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
- AT1309 Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1313 Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands
- AT1314 Nama Karoo
- AT1316 Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1319 Somali montane xeric woodlands
- PA0407 Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests
- PA0446 Zagros Mountains forest steppe
- PA0507 Elburz Range forest steppe
- PA0513 Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests
- PA0905 Saharan halophytics
- PA1008 Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe
- PA1009 Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands
- PA1010 Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe
- PA1212 Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets
- PA1213 Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
- PA1214 Mediterranean woodlands and forests
- PA1304 Atlantic coastal desert
- PA1313 Central Persian desert basins
- PA1319 Kopet Dag semi-desert
- PA1321 North Saharan steppe and woodlands
- PA1326 Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert
- PA1328 South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert
- PA1329 South Saharan steppe and woodlands
- PA1331 Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
- PA1332 West Saharan montane xeric woodlands