The wild Cheetah population is believed to be around 6,600 mature individuals and decreasing. They are currently classified under the genus Acinonyx, whose closest living relatives are cougars and ...

At an average of 54kg, the cheetah is the smallest of the big cats (and is classified in a separate genus – Acinonyx compared to Panthera – to lions and leopards), and is vulnerable to the ...

A subspecies known as the Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is critically endangered, with only a tiny population still extant in modern-day Iran. As with many vulnerable species ...

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are not just the fastest cats... they’re the fastest animals on land!The latest research is revealing that it’s their extraordinary manoeuvrability that really ...