Posted by punnya on May 10, 2013, 9:33 p.m.
This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Cheetah (disambiguation).
| Cheetah[1] Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Acinonyx |
| Species: | A. jubatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) | |
| Type species | |
| Acinonyx venator Brookes, 1828 (= Felis jubata, Schreber, 1775) by monotypy | |
| Subspecies | |
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