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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).
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
Year | Name and author |
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1775 | Felis jubata Schreber |
1882 | Cynaelurus jubatus Mivart p. 143 |
2006 | Acinonyx jubatus Johnson et al. p. 74 |
2017 | Acinonyx jubatus Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 30 |
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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
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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 |
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Pliocene | South Africa | Acinonyx jubatus (21821) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Acinonyx jubatus (22340) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Acinonyx jubatus (21828 21929 21956) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) | Acinonyx jubatus (32090) | |
Holocene | Tanzania | Acinonyx jubatus (21690) |