It 'was accepted as the most primitive cat and one of the features are the long tear-shaped lines on each side of the nose from the corner of their eyes to the mouth. This helps the sun from the eyes and aid in the hunt. The fur is brown or buff with black spots measuring from ¾ to 1 ¼ inches in diameter. The belly is white, and the tail has spots which merge points to five dark rings 56 at the end. The tail usually ends in a bushy whiteTufts. They are approximately 4.3 to 4.9 m, head and body.
Male cheetahs are slightly larger than females and have a head slightly larger, but it is difficult to distinguish males and females from each other by appearance alone. It is an endangered species. For all the big cats, is less able to adapt to new environments. You have always been difficult, in captivity, very few successes to breed. After shooting well known for its fur, the cheetah now suffers more from loss of habitat and isPrey.
Cheetahs live up to 12 -15 years have been recorded in the wild and in captivity for 17 years.
They mostly hunt fawns (young of antelopes) and gazelles are their top prey. Other rodents, hares and sometimes game, such as .. Guinea fowl.
Reproduction
They mate throughout the year and reach sexual maturity at 20-24 months.
After a gestation period of 90-95 days, a litter of up to 12 are (personally witnessed, Masai Mara Game Reserve, 2001) boy was born. 8 are morecommon, but in most cases it is a litter of 2-5.
After five or six weeks, followed by the boys and their mothers tell them to kill. Cheetah kids weaned about three months.
Cheetah adjustments
Flexible spine, the cheetah, oversized liver, enlarged heart, wide nose, increased lung capacity, and thin muscular body make this cat is the fastest hunters in Africa. Covering 7-8 meters in a single pass, with only one foot touches the ground at a time, the cheetah can a speed of 110Kilometers per hour in seconds. In step two, the feet are off the ground. The fastest animal on earth, is tall, slender legs and with semi-retractable goiter. This helps the cat in his pursuit of high-speed railway. The spots help to camouflage in their environment.
An adult cheetah can reach speeds over 60 mph.
Famous as the animal of the open area Cheetahs are usually found in meadows, desert plains, savannahs, and like the areas that they found the tall grass. So I'mare usually found in parts of Africa. First, were found in some parts of India and throughout Africa, but now maybe only 20-30% of Africa.
They hunt mainly during the day and avoid other predators such as lions and leopards. Cheetahs stalk their prey to approach within about 50 meters before falling off the roof and sprint to the selected animals. Cheetahs grab their victims on the throat and suffocate their prey within minutes. After getting their meal, they candrag it to cover. Despite their best efforts to hide their capture, they are killing their own often stolen by larger predators and harvested by hordes of vultures. Lions and hyenas also eat the young cheetahs, leopards, lions and even adults.
Future of the Cheetah
The cheetah is an endangered species. Scientists have discovered that cheetahs many genetic defects due to inbreeding, possibly the result of a bottleneck of the population has suffered a sharp decline that occurred perhaps as far back as10,000 years ago. Inbreeding could raise cub mortality, among other things, due to low resistance cheetahs' disease and infertility. Estimated 8000-10000 wild cheetahs survive. Cheetah strongholds, where possible, to allow genetic exchange if this species needs to survive. Its habitat has been destroyed by man, and there is also the problem of poaching. And luckily many zoos, efforts to protect and nurture them have taken.
Interesting CheetahFacts
or female cheetahs have been known to catch live prey for their young to apply the practice of hunting.
o The Cheetah was trained by man for hunting up to 3000 BC
Cheetahs were once raced against or greyhounds
o The Cheetah makes facial expressions, with bold black lines around the mouth, its signal of mind.
or can be reached from the state of cheetah speed in about 3 seconds, and is nearly 33 inches of cover in a single step.
fastest land mammal orEarth, a short distance can reach speeds of over 60 mph
or cheetah cubs are born with long, gray coat. Some naturalists believe that this is the Ratel, a relative rate that few dare to attack wild animals mimics
cheetahs or do not need to drink water because they get the moisture they need from the bodies of their prey.
and cheetahs are the only cats that can turn at speed into the air to track their prey.
Cheetah or boys have a long mane on the neck and shouldersthat disappears with age.
cheetah or the power to speed on the motorway just a few steps to accelerate
o The cheetah is listed as the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of threatened animals from extinction.
