Animal - Cheetahs at Royal Windsor Safari Park - Dixon postcard 1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Group of Cheetahs at Royal Windsor Safai Park
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon (SP.2734)
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The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large feline (family Felidae, subfamily Felinae) inhabiting most of Africa and parts of the Middle East. It is the only extant member of the genus Acinonyx. The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal— as fast as 112 to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph)^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} in short bursts covering distances up to 500 m (1,600 ft), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.^[9] Data from 367 runs by three female and two male adults, with an average run distance of 173 m, showed that while hunting cheetahs can run 58 miles (93 km) per hour.^[10][11]

This cat is also notable for modifications in the species' paws. It is one of the few felids with semi-retractable claws.^[12]

The word ""cheetah"" is derived from the Sanskrit word citrakaya?, meaning ""variegated"", via the Hindi '????' (cita).^[13

Although many sources list six or more subspecies of cheetah, the taxonomic status of most of these subspecies is unresolved.^{[according to whom?]} Acinonyx rex—the king cheetah—was abandoned as a subspecies after it was discovered that the variation was caused by a single recessive gene. The subspecies Acinonyx jubatus guttatus, the woolly cheetah, may also have been a variation due to a recessive gene. Some of the most commonly recognized subspecies include:^[18]

• Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus): Asia (Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Russia). Current range is in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Extinct in other Asian countries.
• Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki): Northwest Africa (Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia) and western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal)
• Acinonyx jubatus raineyii: eastern Africa (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda)
• Acinonyx jubatus jubatus: southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia)
• Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii: central Africa (Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Niger, and Sudan)
• Acinonyx jubatus velox

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period=1945 - present

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