Cheetah  (Acinonyx jubatus)

As a species, the cheetah is found in a wide distribution throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa although there are currently five African subspecies, Acinonyx jubatus hecki, A. j. jubatus, A. j. raineyi, A. j. ngorongorensis and A. j. soemmeringii, which differ in their location across the sub-continent (7).The Critically Endangered Asiatic cheetah (A. j. venaticus) which inhabitated India and Southwestern Asia survives only in Iran, where there are believed to be fewer than 60 (9).

Open, grassy savannah plains and dry bush, scrub and open forests (3)