Acinonyx jubatus - #2088
Cheetah
Juvenile, showing reversed color pattern
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, Rift Valley province, Laikipia county, Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Image Date
27 March 2011
Photographer
BA Roberts