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Acinonyx (cheetah)
Taxonomy
Acinonyx was named by Brookes (1828). It is extant.
It was assigned to Felidae by Dehm (1962), Carroll (1988), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Felinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
It was assigned to Felidae by Dehm (1962), Carroll (1988), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Felinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1828 | Acinonyx Brookes |
| 1962 | Acinonyx Dehm |
| 1980 | Acinonyx Kurten and Anderson p. 192 |
| 1988 | Acinonyx Carroll |
| 1997 | Acinonyx Geraads p. 140 |
| 2006 | Acinonyx Johnson et al. p. 74 |
| 2010 | Acinonyx Werdelin and Peigne p. 645 |
| 2017 | Acinonyx Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 28 |
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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.
G. Acinonyx Brookes 1828 [cheetah]
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†Acinonyx aicha Geraads 1997
Acinonyx jubatus Schreber 1775 [cheetah]
†Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available