Acinonyx jubatus - #1730
Cheetah
Female and three offspring resting
Geographic Distribution
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Dem. Rep. Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Recently extinct: Afghanistan, Burundi, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Yemen
Order/Family
Felidae
Genus
Acinonyx
Specific Epithet
jubatus
Image Location
Kenya, Maasai Mara NR
Image Date
2004
Photographer
JR Goheen