Cheetah  (Acinonyx jubatus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Felidae
Genus Acinonyx (1)
Size Head-body length: 112 - 135cm (2)
Tail length: 66 - 84cm (2)
Male weight: 43 kg (3)
Female weight: 38 kg (3)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (4).Threatened Subspecies: Northwest African cheetah (A. j. hecki) and Iranian cheetah (A. j. venaticus) classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1).