Photo:James TempleCC BY 2.0
Predators & furbearers
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
- Group
- Predators & furbearers
- Size class
- Medium (10–70 kg)
- Family
- Felidae
Range
- Africa
Habitat
- Savanna
- Grassland
Range
Countries it is found in
21 countries
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Iran
- Kenya
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Cheetah. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:موسی مزینانیان Mousa MazinanianCC BY
Cross-reference
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