#0293 · 🦊 mammals

Cheetah

🇳🇱 Jachtluipaard ·Acinonyx jubatus

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Irene Domhoff · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Irene Domhoff · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © emoq · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Karim Haddad · CC BY 4.0
6. © Photos of NUS Toddycats, ICCS, and LKCNHM · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © ONG OeBenin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The cheetah /ˈtʃiːtə/ ( Acinonyx jubatus ) is a large felid of the subfamily Felinae that occurs mainly in eastern and southern Africa and a few parts of Iran. The only extant member of the genus Acinonyx , the cheetah was first described by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1775. The cheetah is characterised by a slender body, deep chest, spotted coat, a small rounded head, black tear-like streaks on the face, long thin legs and a long...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,649iNaturalist observations
weight 40.2 kgadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,649 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 40.2 kg.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1775 (251 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.