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Acinonyx jubatus (cheetah)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis jubata was named by Schreber (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cynaelurus jubatus by Mivart (1882); it was recombined as Acinonyx jubatus by Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Felis jubata Schreber
1882Cynaelurus jubatus Mivart p. 143
2006Acinonyx jubatus Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Acinonyx jubatus Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusAcinonyxBrookes 1828
speciesjubatus(Schreber 1775)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acinonyx jubatus Schreber 1775 [cheetah]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Acinonyx jubatus (21821)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Acinonyx jubatus (22340)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Acinonyx jubatus (21828 21929 21956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Acinonyx jubatus (32090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Acinonyx jubatus (21690)