Cheetah is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is
the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at 80 to 128
km/h . The cheetah occurs in a variety of habitats such as the
Serengeti, savannahs in the Sahara, hilly desert terrain in Iran. The
cheetah is threatened by several factors such as:
habitat loss,
conflict with humans,
poaching
and high susceptibility to diseases.
Historically ranging throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa and extending
eastward into the Middle East and to central India, the cheetah is now
distributed mainly in small, fragmented populations in central Iran and
southern, eastern and northwestern Africa. In 2016, the global cheetah
population was estimated at 7,100 individuals in the wild; it is listed
as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. In the past, cheetahs were tamed and
trained for hunting ungulates. They have been widely depicted in art,
literature, advertising, and animation.
Learn more about cheetah on Wikipedia.
