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Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Die Säugethiere vol.2 15 p.pl. 105[1775]; also see text 3(22):392 [1777]

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Felidae
genus
Acinonyx
species
Acinonyx jubatus

Name

Synonyms
Cynaelurus jubatus (Schreber, 1775)
Felis jubata Schreber, 1775
Homonyms
Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775)
Common names
'nQuane in Tswana
Abo Shemane in Amharic
Afrika jaguarete in Guarani
Akátá in Yoruba
Amayas in language.
Attupardu in language.
Blettatígur in Icelandic
Cheeta in Hindi
Cheetah in English
Cheetah in English
Cheetah in English
Cheetah in English
Cheetah in English
Cheetah in English
Cheetah in English
Citah in Malay
Dindingwe in Shona
Duma in Swahili
Fahad Sayad (الفهد الصياد) in Arabic
Gattupardu in Corsican
Geopard in Norwegian Bokmål
Gepard in German
Gepard in German
Gepard in German
Gepard grzywiasty in Polish
Gepard štíhly in Slovak
Geparda in Malagasy
Gepardas in Lithuanian
Gepardi in Albanian
Gepardo in Basque
Gepards in Latvian
Gepardur in Faroese
Geçigaplaň in Turkmen
Ghepard in Romanian
Ghepardo in Italian
Guepard in French
Guepardo in Spanish
Guepardo in language.
Guepardo in Spanish
Guepardo in Spanish
Guerpardo in Spanish
Guépard in French
Guépard in French
Guépard in French
Guépard in French
Gwepard in Breton
Haramcad in Somali
Hepard in Azerbaijani
Hlosi in Zulu
Hunting Leopard in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al., 2017: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11. 1-80.
  2. Krausman, Paul R., and Susana M. Morales, 2005: Acinonyx jubatus. Mammalian Species, no. 771. 1-6.
  3. Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Felidae (Cats). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 54-169.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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