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Predators
Cheetah
Cheetah · Acinonyx jubatus
Cheetahs are true sprinters of the savannah, with distinctive tear stripes and an elegant, slender build.
Fact file
- Size
- Shoulder height up to 75 cm, weight between 35 and 65 kg
- Males and females
- Males usually more powerfully built and often living in brother groups
- Sounds
- Hissing, purring and high-pitched chirping for communication
- Diet
- Hunts antelopes, hares and ground-dwelling birds
- Offspring
- 2 to 5 young after about 3 months of gestation
How to identify Cheetah
Cheetahs are easy to recognise by their slender build, small head and long, thin legs. Their short golden-yellow coat is covered in dense black spots across the whole body, with only the white belly left unmarked. The striking black tear stripes that run from the inner corners of the eyes to the mouth are a unique feature.
The long, powerful tail has dark rings and ends in a bushy black tip. With a shoulder height of about 75 centimetres and a weight of 35 to 65 kilograms, cheetahs look particularly elegant. Compared with leopards they are more delicately built and have a characteristic, long-legged silhouette.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 45 places where you can see Cheetah
Where Cheetah live
Namibia
- Etosha Nationalpark
- Brandberg
- Buffalo Core Area
- Bwabwata Nationalpark
- Caprivi-Streifen
- Damaraland
- Dolomite & Olifantsrus
- Halali
- Hoanib
- Kalahari
- Kwando Core Area
- Mahango Core Area
- Mudumu Nationalpark
- Namib-Naukluft
- Namib-Naukluft Nationalpark
- NamibRand Nature Reserve
- Namutoni
- Nkasa Rupara National Park
- Okaukuejo
- Palmwag
- Sossusvlei
- Twyfelfontein
- Waterberg Plateau
South Africa
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