Acinonyx jubatus

(von Schreber, 1775)

Cheetah

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Felinae
Genus : Acinonyx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1775. pl. 105. P. pl. 105 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064628

Original name as described

Felis jubata

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Central African Republic · Chad · Ethiopia · Iran · Kenya · Mali · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · South Africa · South Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Eswatini · Eritrea? · Djibouti? · Egypt? · Libya? · Somalia? · Sudan? · Togo?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005979

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felis fearonii

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Felidae

Root name

fearonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1852.9.13.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9cce7a99-1c37-4917-8a8f-576a8f1ed9b1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c447c9a1-c902-43a6-83cb-f270f0e83b26

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968363

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis jubata

(von Schreber, 1775)

Family

Felidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064628

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Thunberg (1811:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11767798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64194)
  3. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Lesson (1827:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  6. Loche (1858:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  7. Stoliczka (1872:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

Felis iubata

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Felidae

Root name

iubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

510

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873307

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Felis venatica

(Griffith, 1821)

Family

Felidae

Root name

venaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

93

Authority publication

London

Acinonyx jubatus velox

E. Heller, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

velox

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:163096

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35ed01a58-8a63-48d8-97c0-eda53bab5392

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30096107

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Acinonyx jubatus raineyi

E. Heller, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

raineyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182321

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32639a3d8-bbf4-425d-a9a2-59986f63af80

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30096109

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis lanea

(P. L. Sclater, 1877)

Family

Felidae

Root name

laneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

532

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518456

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cynofelis guttata

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cynofelis jubata

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

jubata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cynailurus jubatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Blyth (1863:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Roberts (1913:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Cynailurus guttatus

(Fitzinger, 1855)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

279

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Fitzinger (1855:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Cynaelurus guttatus

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835463

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Cynælurus jubatus guttatus

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

447

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741667

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:447, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Cynælurus jubatus

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Felidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741665

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:445, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Allen (1909:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  3. Ward (1910:508, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Acynonyx Hecki

R. Zimara, 1935

Family

Felidae

Root name

hecki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Zimara (1935:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Acinonyx jubatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Felidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/219/259025524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Acinonyx jubatus hecki

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

hecki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

soemmeringii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Acinonyx jubatus venaticus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

venaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Acinonyx jubatus fearonii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009

Family

Felidae

Root name

fearonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis Guepard

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guepard

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217669

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Felis guttata

(Hermann, 1804)

Family

Felidae

Root name

guttatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13419946

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Acinonyx venator

Brookes, 1828

Family

Felidae

Root name

venator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

16, 33

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis guttata senegalensis

(de Blainville, 1843)

Family

Felidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

plate 9

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cynailurus soemmeringii

(Fitzinger, 1855)

Family

Felidae

Root name

soemmeringii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34647006

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Felis megabalica

(von Heuglin, 1863)

Family

Felidae

Root name

megabalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29405265

Authority publication

Leopoldina

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis jubata var. africana

(Hartmann, 1868)

Family

Felidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde

Felis fearonis

(Fitzinger, 1869)

Family

Felidae

Root name

fearonis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

664

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6355068

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Acinonyx guépard

T. S. Palmer, 1904

Family

Felidae

Root name

guepard

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800603

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Acinonyx guepard

Hilzheimer, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

guepard

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43607157

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Acinonyx hecki

Hilzheimer, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

hecki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43607162

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Acinonyx guttatus ngorongorensis

Hilzheimer, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

ngorongorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

290

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43607164

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Acinonyx guttatus obergi

Hilzheimer, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

obergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43607163

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Acinonyx raddei

Hilzheimer, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

raddei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

291

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43607165

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Acinonyx wagneri

Hilzheimer, 1913

Family

Felidae

Root name

wagneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

285

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43607159

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Acinonyx rex

Pocock, 1927

Family

Felidae

Root name

rex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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