Cheetah – Acinonyx jubatus

Acinonyx jubatusSchreber, 1775

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Placed in Acinonyx by Pocock (1917b), Weigel (1961), Hemmer (1978), Král and Zima (1980), Kratochvíl (1982c), and Groves (1982a). Subspecies and their synonyms allocated according to G. M. Allen (1939) and Ellerman et al. (1953).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.