Southeast African cheetah
The Southeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) is the nominate subspecies of cheetah native to Southern Africa. It is the most abundant subspecies estimated at more than 6,000 individuals in the wild. Since 1990 and onwards, the population was estimated at approximately 2,500 individuals in Namibia, until 2015, the cheetah population has been increased to more than 3,500 in the country.[1]
| Southeast African cheetah | |
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| A cheetah at the Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Acinonyx |
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| Subspecies: | A. j. jubatus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Acinonyx jubatus jubatus (Schreber, 1775)
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| A. j. jubatus range (blue) | |
| Synonyms | |
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A. j. guttata (Hermann, 1804)
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The Southeast African Cheetah is the closest relative to the two other distinct subspecies, the Asiatic Cheetahs and the Northeast African Cheetah.[2][3]
References
change- ↑ "Namibia: Cheetah Conservation Fund Celebrates 25 Years". allAfrica.com. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ Ella Davies (24 January 2011). "Iran's endangered cheetahs are a unique subspecies". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ Three distinct cheetah populations, but Iran's on the brink, 18 January 2011, retrieved 14 January 2016
Other websites
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