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I have focused on speed and been selective in presenting these cheetah facts. There are many pages about the cheetah on this site. Please use the custom search tool. Name The cheetah derives its name from the Hindu word chita which means “spotted or sprinkled”. The scientific name of the cheetah, Acinonyx, is thought …
Of course cheetahs can swim. All cats, domestic, feral and wild can swim well. As is the case for all cats, it is as if cheetahs are born with firmware in their brains, to use the language of technology, which gives them competent swimming skills at birth. Some species can swim better or more …
Would you ask, “Why should humans be saved?’. You wouldn’t. It’s only humans who ask these questions because we have the power over animals to decide if they should or should not be saved from extinction in the wild. And that is what the question is asking. Even if the cheetah becomes extinct in …
Are cheetahs nocturnal? There isn’t a black-and-white answer to this question. It depends on where the cheetahs are. Although cheetahs mainly hunt by day, their hours vary slightly from place to place. For example, in the Sahara, where understandably it is very hot with daytime temperatures reaching 43°C, cheetahs do most of their hunting …
Cheetahs do not live in the rainforest. The map below shows you where the cheetah lives on the African continent and in Iran and Azerbaijan. I made it from IUCN Red List information. The distribution is incredibly fragmented due to human activities of various kinds which erodes their habitat and destroys their lives. Their …
The social organisation of cheetahs is unique among the wild cat species. Females are solitary unless they are looking after their cubs, while males are either solitary or they live in coalitions (functioning groups) of brothers or unrelated males. This pretty well sums it up and the description comes from Wild Cats of the …
This is a great picture of four cheetah brothers crossing a fast moving and swollen river in the Massai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. They hate it! The photograph is one of a series of five cheetahs who were compelled to take a risk and cross this dangerous river infested with crocodiles. By the …
