Acinonyx jubatus venaticus

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Overview

Critically Endangered

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: Cheetah habitat consists of desert, much of it with precipitation of fewer than 100 mm per year. The terrain ranges from plains and saltpans to eroded foothills, and rugged desert ranges that rise to an elevation of up to 2,000-3,000 m. The vegetation, if any, consists of a sparse cover of shrubs , most less than one meter tall, of the genera Salsola. Artemisia, Zygophyllum, Astragulus, Aphaxis, and others. Gazelles were preferred prey but they have now become scarce through over-hunting and replacement by livestock. Cheetahs are generally solitary or may occur in small groups as mother and cubs or male coalitions (Nowell and Jackson 1996).[1]


List of Habitats:8.1Desert - Hot

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acinonyx

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. aicha · A. jubatus (Hunting Leopard) · A. jubatus hecki (Northwest African Cheetah) · A. jubatus jubatus (Hunting Leopard) · A. jubatus raineyi · A. jubatus rex (Cheetah) · A. jubatus soemmeringi (Cheetah) · A. jubatus venaticus (Asiatic Cheetah) · A. pardinensis · A. rex · A. studeri

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Further Reading

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Cat Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Nowell, K. and Jackson, P. (compilers and editors) 1996. Wild Cats. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. (online version)
• Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Cat Specialist Group 1996. Acinonyx jubatus ssp. venaticus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
• Cat Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7163404
• IUCN ID: 220
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 621988

Footnotes

1. Cat Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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