Cheetah  (Acinonyx jubatus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Felidae
Genus Acinonyx (6)
Size Tail length: 66 - 84cm (2)
Male weight: 43 kg (3)
Female weight: 38 kg (3)
Head-body length: 112 - 135cm (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU C2a(i)) on the IUCN Red List 2004, and listed on Appendix I of CITES (1).Threatened Subspecies: Northwest African cheetah (A. j. hecki) classified as Endangered (EN C2a, D); Asiatic cheetah (A. j. venaticus) classified as Critically Endangered (CR C2a(i), D) on IUCN Red List 2002 (6).