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Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
The modern cheetah appeared in Africa around 1.9 mya; its fossil record is restricted to Africa. [ 31 ] Extinct North American cheetah-like cats had historically been classified in Felis , Puma or Acinonyx ; two such species, F. studeri and F. trumani , were considered to be closer to the puma than the cheetah, despite their close similarities ...
The earliest African cheetah fossils from the early Pleistocene have been found in the lower beds of the Olduvai Gorge site in northern Tanzania. [7]Not much was known about the East African cheetah's evolutionary story, although at first, the East and Southern African cheetahs were thought to be identical as the genetic distance between the two subspecies is low. [13]
The Southeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) is the nominate cheetah subspecies native to East and Southern Africa. [1] The Southern African cheetah lives mainly in the lowland areas and deserts of the Kalahari , the savannahs of Okavango Delta , and the grasslands of the Transvaal region in South Africa .
The Northeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii) is a cheetah subspecies occurring in Northeast Africa. Contemporary records are known in South Sudan , Uganda , and Ethiopia , but population status in Eritrea , Djibouti , Somalia , Kenya , and Sudan is unknown.
A captive-bred female cheetah was released into the Pidwa Wilderness Reserve in South Africa on January 29, the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) said.The release was conducted as part ...
The Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki), also known as the Saharan cheetah, is a cheetah subspecies native to the Sahara and the Sahel. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. In 2008, the population was suspected to number less than 250 mature individuals. [2]
Wild African elephants may address each other using individualized calls that resemble the personal names used by humans, a new study suggests.. While dolphins are known to call one another by ...