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Taxonomy
Acinonyx was named by Brookes (1828). It is extant.
It was assigned to Felidae by 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 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 |
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| 1828 | Acinonyx Brookes |
| 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
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 16 to the top of the Holocene or 3.55000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | South Africa | Acinonyx jubatus (21821) | |
| Pliocene | Spain (La Rioja) | Acinonyx pardinensis, Sivapanthera arvernensis (38892) | |
| Pliocene | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Acinonyx pardinensis (39409 39411) | |
| Pliocene | Tajikistan | Acinonyx pardinensis (34396 34444) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) | Brachyprosopus vireti (44231) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Acinonyx pardinensis (51812) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Acinonyx jubatus (22340) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | Acinonyx aicha (32052 32054) | |
| MN 16 | France | Acinonyx pardinensis (47100) | |
| Villafranchian | Italy (Pisa) | Acinonyx pardinensis (44089) | |
| Gelasian | Spain (Granada) | Acinonyx pardinensis (77773) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Alpes Maritimes) | Acinonyx pardinensis (50342) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Acinonyx pardinensis (189026) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Murcia) | Acinonyx sp. (34911) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Acinonyx pardinensis (44146) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Auvergne) | Acinonyx pardinensis (47829) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Georgia | Acinonyx pardinensis (56733 189020) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Acinonyx sp. (197069) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Acinonyx jubatus (21828 21929 21956) | |
| MN 17 | France (Rhone-Alpes) | Acinonyx pardinensis (47150) | |
| MN 17 | Spain (Teruel) | Acinonyx pardinensis (36112) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Provence) | Acinonyx pardinensis (48890) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Acinonyx pardinensis (50258) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (La Rioja) | Acinonyx pardinensis (189976) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Acinonyx pardinensis (50196) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) | Acinonyx jubatus (32090) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Acinonyx jubatus (21690) |