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The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is a critically endangered cheetah subspecies currently only surviving in Iran. [1] Its range once spread from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum Desert and northern South Asia, but was extirpated in these regions during the 20th century.
In 1764, English painter George Stubbs commemorated the gifting of a cheetah to George III by the English Governor of Madras, Sir George Pigot in his painting Cheetah with Two Indian Attendants and a Stag. The painting depicts a cheetah, hooded and collared by two Indian servants, along with a stag it was supposed to prey upon. [205]
Pirouz (Persian: پیروز, meaning "victorious"; 1 May 2022 – 28 February 2023) was an Asiatic cheetah born in Iran. The child of two Asiatic cheetahs named "Iran" and "Firouz", Pirouz was the only surviving cub of the three that were born. [2] [3] The birth of the cubs notably marked the first time the subspecies had reproduced in ...
An Asiatic cheetah Persian fallow deer, surviving only in Iran and Israel As of 2001, 20 of Iran's mammal species and 14 bird species were endangered. Endangered species in Iran include the Baluchistan bear , Asiatic cheetah , Caspian seal , Persian fallow deer , Siberian crane , hawksbill turtle , green turtle , Oxus cobra , Latifi's viper ...
The Asiatic cheetah, an equally fast. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world's critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back from the verge of ...
By the early 20th century, the white oryx, Syrian brown bear, Asiatic lion, red deer, Asiatic cheetah, and Syrian wild ass had become extinct in the region. Modern hunting laws prohibit all hunting of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, except those considered pests and specific animals in hunting seasons. However the packs of feral dogs ...
An Asiatic Cheetah. Cheetahs are also known as Hunting Leopards. The Sindhi word for cheetah (Sindhi: چِيتو) is a cognate to the word chitre (Sindhi:چٽ ), meaning spots. This in turn comes from chitra-ya (Sanskrit: चित्रय) meaning 'variegated', 'adorned' or 'painted'.
On January 7, 2015, Director General of Environmental Protection Department in North Khorasan announced a sighting of a female Asiatic cheetah and her cub at Miandasht Wildlife Refuge. Motahari also maintained that two days prior to this sighting, three other adult cheetahs were sighted by the locals some kilometers to the eastern border of ...