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Types of Cheetahs

Acinonyx ​Jubatus Raineyii​
Acinonyx ​Jubatus Raineyii​

The East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus), is a cheetah population in East Africa. It lives in grasslands and savannas of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia. The cheetah inhabitis mainly the Serengeti ecosystem, including Maasai Mara, and the Tsavo landscape.

Acinonyx ​Jubatus Soemmeringii​
Acinonyx ​Jubatus Soemmeringii​

The Northeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii) is a cheetah subspecies occurring in Northeast Africa. Contemporary records are known in South Sudan and Ethiopia, but population status in Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan is unknown.

Acinonyx ​Jubatus Velox​
Acinonyx ​Jubatus Velox​

The East African cheetah, also known as Rainey's cheetah was named in honor of Rainey. Heller also proposed the scientific name Acinonyx jubatus velox for a cheetah shot by Kermit Roosevelt in June 1909 in the Loita Plains, near Narok in British East Africa. He called it African highland cheetah.

Asiatic ​Cheetah​
Asiatic ​Cheetah​

An Asiatic cheetah's diet wholly consists of meat since this feline is a carnivore like its African counterpart. It preys on gazelles, wild goats, sheep and hare in the arid region of Iran, the Kavir Desert.

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Northwest ​African Cheetah​
Northwest ​African Cheetah​

The Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki), also known as the Saharan cheetah, is a cheetah subspecies native to the Sahara desert 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.

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South African ​Cheetah​
South African ​Cheetah​

The South African cheetah is the most widespread subspecies breeding in captivity around the world, while Sudanese cheetahs are found only in a few European and Middle Eastern zoos and wildlife centers. The South African subspecies is found in various zoos worldwide in America, Africa, Eurasia, and Australia.