Acinonyx jubatus hecki

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: Thomson's gazelles are the main prey base . Other prey include impala and small-medium sized adult ungulates and their young. Cheetahs are generally solitary and semi-nomadic. Male and female home ranges overlap and are between 800-1,500 km². Small groups do occur, usually as mother and cubs or male coalitions, which have a much smaller range , 12-36 km². Female territories are located in areas of high prey base, which therefore determine male territories. Cheetah densities are site specific and may be as low as 1 adult/191 km² to 1 adult/50 km².[2]


List of Habitats : 2.1 Savanna - Dry 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 8.1 Desert - Hot

Taxonomy

Notes

The type locality is Senegal, and Krausman and Morales (2002) ascribe it a limited distribution in parts of West Africa and the Sahel zones of southern Niger and Mali. They consider cheetahs from the Saharan zone to be A. j. venaticus, the same subspecies that occurred throughout Asia and is now found only in Iran. Pending future genetic and morphological analysis, which has been recommended for cheetahs in Algeria (Belchabir 2007), here the subspecies is considered to include all cheetahs occurring in northwestern Africa (Nowell and Jackson 1996), including Algeria and Niger and areas to the southeast. [1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acinonyx

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. jubatus (Hunting Leopard) · A. jubatus hecki (Northwest African Cheetah) · A. jubatus jubatus (Hunting Leopard) · A. jubatus rex (Cheetah) · A. jubatus soemmeringi (Cheetah) · A. jubatus venaticus (Asiatic Cheetah)

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Further Reading

• Belbachir, F. 2007. Les grands questions relative a la conservation des grands felins d'Algerie: cas du guepard et du leopard. In: Berzins,R; Belbachir, F. (ed.), Compte-rendu de la deuxième réunion de l’Observatoire du Guépard en Régions d’Afrique du Nord (OGRAN), 20-25 Novembre 2006, Tamanrasset, Algé, pp. 8-10. Société Zoologique de Paris (SZP), Paris, France.
• Belbachir, F. 2007b. Le guepard saharien: Elements du connaissance, principales menaces et conservation en Algerie. Bulletin D. G. F. 6: 2-5.
• Bernezat, J.-L. 2004. Immidir – La tassili oubliée. Glénat, Grenoble.
• Berzins, R., Claro, F., Akpona, A. H. and Alfa Gambari Imorou, S. 2007. Conservation du guépard et développement durable dans les aires protégées du nord Bénin – Mission d'enquête auprès des villageois et des agents d'aires protégées (16/12/2005 - 26/02/2006). Société Zoologique de Paris, Paris, France.
• Busby, G. B. J., Gottelli, D., Durant, S., Wacher, T., Marker, L., Belbachir, F., de Smet, K., Belbachir-Bazi, A., Fellous, A. and Belghoul, M. 2006. A Report from the Sahelo Saharan Interest Group - Parc National de l'Ahaggar Survey, Algeria (March 2005). Part 5: Using Molecular Genetics to study the Presence of Endangered Carnivores.
• Cat Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
• Claro, F. and Newby, J. 2005. The Massif du Termit: the last sanctuary for Sahelo-Saharan wildlife? Oryx 39(2): 120-127.
• Claro, F. and Sissler, C. 2002. Rapport de mission scientifique au Niger dans la region du Termit.
• Claro, F., Leriche, H., Van Syckle, S., Rabeil, T., Hergueat, S., Fournier, A. and Alou, M. 2006. Survey of the cheetah in W National Park and Tamou Fauna Reserve, Niger. Cat News 45: 4-7.
• Cuzin, F. 1996. Current state of large, wild mammals in Morocco (Primates, Carnivores, Artiodactyls). Mammalia 60: 101-124.
• Cuzin, F. 2003. Les grands mammifères du Maroc méridional (Haut Atlas, Anti Atlas et Sahara): Distribution, Ecologie et Conservation. Ph.D. Thesis, Laboratoire de Biogéographie et Ecologie des Vertèbrés, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Université Montpellier II.
• De Smet, K. 2003. Cheetah in and around Hoggar National Park in Algeria. Cat News 38: 22-23.
• Dragesco-Joffe, A. 1993. Le chat des sables, un redoutable chasseur de serpents [The sand cat - a formidable snake hunter]. La Vie Sauvage du Sahara, pp. 129 pp.. Delachaux et Niestlé, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Drieux, A. M. and Claro, F. 2002. Status and conservation of the north and west african cheetah. EAZA First Forum about in situ conservation. Project supported by European Zoos, 12-14 June 2002. Angers, France.
• Drieux-Dumont, A.-M. 2002. Etude préliminaire du statut du guépard du Sahara (Acinonyx jubatus), Adrar des Iforas, Mali. In: G. Chapron and F. Moutou (eds), L'Etude et la conservation des carnivores, Société Française pour l'Etude et la Protection des Mammifères, Paris, France.
• Fischer, F., Gross, M. and Lisenmair, K. E. 2002. Updated list of the larger mammals of the Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast. Mammalia 66(1): 83-92.
• Grubb, P., Jones, T. S., Davies, A. G., Edberg, E., Starin, E. D. and Hill, J. E. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Trendrine Press, Zennor, St Ives, Cornwall, UK.
• Hamdine, W., Meftah, T. and Sehki, A. 2003. Status and distribution of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus Schreber, 1776) in the Algerian central Sahara (Ahaggar and Tassili). Mammalia 67: 439-443.
• Jebali, A. 2008. Déclin de la faune sahélo-saharienne et tentative de réintroduction d'antilopes dans des habitats restaurés: cas de l'oryx algazelle (Oryx dammah) et de la gazelle dama (Gazella dama mhorr) dans la réserve de Faune du Ferlo Nord. Ecologie et gestion de la biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN).
• Kowalski, K. and Rzebik-Kowalska, B. 1991. Mammals of Algeria. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
• Krausman, P. R. and Morales, S. M. 2005. Acinonyx jubatus. Mammalian Species 771: 1-6.
• Marker, L. L. 2002. Aspects of Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Biology, Ecology and Conservation Strategies on Namibian Farmlands. Thesis, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
• Myers, N. 1975. The Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in Africa - Report of a survey in Africa from the Sahara southwards. IUCN, Morges, Switzerland.
• Nowell, K. and Jackson, P. (compilers and editors) 1996. Wild Cats. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. (online version)
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• Ouchen, D. 2006. Donnees actuelles sur le guepard du Sahara dans le Parc National de l'ahaggar. In: Berzins, R; Belchabir, F. (ed.), Compte-rendu de la deuxième réunion de l’Observatoire du Guépard en Régions d’Afrique du Nord (OGRAN), 20-25 Novembre 2006, Tamanrasset, Algérie. Paris, France.
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• Silvestre, I., di. 2002. Dénombrement des grands carnivores au niveau de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari. Final report for the Pendjari Project PN96.2222.6.
• Van Syckle, S. J. 1995. The cheetah in W National Park, Niger, West Africa. PCV - Tapoa, Park W Niger.
• Wacher, T., De Smet, K., Belbachir, F., Belbachir-Bazi, A., Fellous,A., Belghoul, M. and Marker, L. 2005. Sahelo–Saharan Interest Group Wildlife Surveys. Central Ahaggar Mountains (March 2005).
• Wacher, T., Newby, J., Houston, B., Spevak, E., Barmou, M. and Issa, A. 2004. Tin Toumma & Termit (February–March 2004). ZSL Conservation Report No. 5. Sahelo–Saharan Interest Group Wildlife Surveys. The Zoological Society of London, London, UK.
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Notes

Contributors

• Belbachir, F. 2008. Acinonyx jubatus ssp. hecki. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Cat Specialist Group 1996. Acinonyx jubatus ssp. hecki. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. &lt;www.iucnredlist.org&gt;. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
• Cat Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7163405
• IUCN ID: 654
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 621984

Footnotes

1. Belbachir, F. 2008. Acinonyx jubatus ssp. hecki. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]
2. Cat Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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