Acinonyx

Acinonyx; Temporal range: Pliocene – Holocene,
	Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Acinonyx; Brookes, 1828
Species
	Acinonyx jubatus; †Acinonyx aicha; †Acinonyx intermedius; †Acinonyx pardinensis; †Acinonyx pleistocaenicus;
Synonyms
	Cynailurus Wagner, 1830; Cynofelis Lesson, 1842; Guepar Boitard, 1842; Gueparda Gray, 1843; Guepardus Duvernoy, 1834; Paracinonyx Kretzoi, 1929;

Acinonyx is a genus within the Felidae family.^[1] The only living species of the genus, the cheetah (A. jubatus), lives in open grasslands of Africa and Asia.^[2]

Several fossil remains of cheetah-like cats were excavated that date to the late Pliocene and Middle Pleistocene.^[3] These cats occurred in Africa, parts of Europe and Asia about 10,000 years ago. Several similar species classified in the genus Miracinonyx lived in North America at the same time; these may have been more closely related to the genus Puma.^[2]

^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Genus Acinonyx". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–533. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ ^a ^b Krausman, P. R. & Morales, S. M. (2005). "Acinonyx jubatus" (PDF). Mammalian Species (771): 1–6. doi:10.1644/1545-1410(2005)771[0001:aj]2.0.co;2. S2CID 198969000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
^ Hemmer, H.; Kahlke, R.-D.; Keller, T. (2008). "Cheetahs in the Middle Pleistocene of Europe: Acinonyx pardinensis (sensu lato) intermedius (Thenius, 1954) from the Mosbach Sands (Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 249 (3): 345–356. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0249-0345.

[msw3-1] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Genus Acinonyx". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 532–533. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[Krausman2005-2] Krausman, P. R. & Morales, S. M. (2005). "Acinonyx jubatus" (PDF). Mammalian Species (771): 1–6. doi:10.1644/1545-1410(2005)771[0001:aj]2.0.co;2. S2CID 198969000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[Hemmer2008-3] Hemmer, H.; Kahlke, R.-D.; Keller, T. (2008). "Cheetahs in the Middle Pleistocene of Europe: Acinonyx pardinensis (sensu lato) intermedius (Thenius, 1954) from the Mosbach Sands (Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 249 (3): 345–356. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0249-0345.

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Acinonyx Temporal range: Pliocene – Holocene,

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Felinae
Genus:	Acinonyx Brookes, 1828
Species
Acinonyx jubatus †Acinonyx aicha †Acinonyx intermedius †Acinonyx pardinensis †Acinonyx pleistocaenicus
Synonyms
Cynailurus Wagner, 1830 Cynofelis Lesson, 1842 Guepar Boitard, 1842 Gueparda Gray, 1843 Guepardus Duvernoy, 1834 Paracinonyx Kretzoi, 1929