The Amazing CheetahPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: CarnivoreFamily: Felidae

Genus: AcinonyxSpecies: Jubatus

AppearanceA Cheetah has a colour tan with black

spots.They have long-teared shapeliness on

the each side of the bodies.The tail is approximately 3 to 4 inches in

length.The tails ends in a bushy white fluffy.There skin colours yellow, tan, brown,

and black .There skin type is fur is coarse.

A size of an cheetah is 115cm-136cm and there weight is 40kg-65kg.

HabitatsCheetahs might be fast however

the question that wild life biologist asks, are they fast

enough to outrun extinction?Today cheetahs are endaraged

species.Like all spotted and stippled cats,

cheetahs have long under pressure by the fur trade.

However over hunting is not the principle problem facing

cheetahs.

Habits and Adaptation llOne of the cheetah’s adaptation,

its claws, help make it the fastest running animal.

The cheetah’s it catch its prey which runs nearly as quickly to escape this running machine.

There are certain natural history facts that seen to be common knowledge.

The elephant is the largest animal, and most everyone seems to know that the fastest running animal on the planet in the cheetah.

Habits and Adaptation l A spotted, slender, sleek, graceful, swift, predator…. An

animal that hunts for its food on the run. This particular cat is a diurmal hunter, which means that

it hunts primarily during the day, why? The Cheetahs uses its incredible running after.

It’s all about adaptation the means there re special characteristics about each animal that help it live.

Habits and Adaptation lllCheetahs are built for speed.They can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3-4

seconds and can reach 65 mph when their favorite antelope prey.

Life Cycle l A newborn cheetahs remain hiders until they are So 6 weeks

old.During the next year, the young cubs learn life skills like from

their mom.They wean around 3 months old but they stay with their mom

until they are 1 and a half to 2 years old Cheetahs may live up to 17 years, with eight to 12 years being.

Life Cycle llFemale cheetahs live alone most of the time

except when raising their cubs.They associate with other cheetahs only when

mating, which begins at 21 or 22 months of age.While cheetahs can copulate at any time, they

usually do so in the dry season.After three months at the beginning of the wet

season.Female cheetahs give births to three cubs on

average

Did you know….. Part ltheir speed for a few minutes before thy are

too tired to continue.Cheetah are smaller than other members of

the big cat family, weighing only 45-60 The cheetahs is the fastest animal in the world.

They can reach top speed of round 113 km in per hour.

A cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 113 km in just a few seconds.

Cheetah are extremely fast how ever they five quickly and can only keep up kilogram.

Did you know…. Part ll

A cheetah has amazing eyesight during the day and can spot prey 5 km away.

Cheetah cannot climb trees and have pour night vision.

Cheetahs only need to drink for three to four days.

While lions and leopards usually do their hunting at night, cheetahs hunt for food during the day.

Did you know….lll

Cheetah are the only big cat that cannot roar.They can purr tough and usually purr most

loudly when they grooming or sitting near cheetah.

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