Asiatic cheetah
The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is a critically endangered subspecies of the cheetah native to Asia.
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It is also called the Iranian cheetah because the only living Asiatic cheetahs live in Iran. It is now extinct in India, but during British colonial times in India it was the famous hunting leopard.[3] This name came about because some of these animals were kept captive by Indian royalty and used to hunt wild antelope.
Asiatic Cheetah Media
Kushki the cheetah in Iran
Iranian Cheetah
Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo shot three of the last cheetahs in India in 1948, in Surguja State, Madhya Pradesh. His private secretary submitted this photo to the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
Kushki with a cape hare
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Kooshki, male Asiatic cheetah in Iran.
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References
- ↑ Wozencraft, W. Christopher (2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E; Reeder, DeeAnn M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. Archived from the original on 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
- ↑ Jowkar H. et cet (2008). Acinonyx jubatus ssp. ventaticus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 4 February 2009.
- ↑ Lydekker R.A. 1893–94. The Royal Natural History. Volume 1.