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Cheetah - Shiley (male)
The cheetah is a large feline inhabiting most of Africa and parts of Iran. The cheetah is a unique felid, with its closest living relatives being the puma and jaguarondi.

The cheetah is still considered by some to be the smallest of the big cats. It is often mistaken for the leopard, but the cheetah has distinguishing features, such as the tear-streak lines that run from its eyes to its mouth, and the thinner body frame of the cheetah is also very different from that of the leopard.

This cat is notable for being only one of three felids with only semi-retractable claws, offering extra grip in its high-speed pursuits. Cheetahs are the fastest of land mammals, are peaceable except at breeding time. They hunt alone and don’t have any of the group behaviors that lions do.

Females can give birth to up to nine, but the average litter size is four cubs. Gestation period is ninety to ninety-eight days. Cubs weigh approximately 5.to 10. lbs. at birth. Unlike some other cats, the cheetah is born with its characteristic spots.

The first eighteen months of a cub's life are important for learning survival lessons, knowing how to hunt wild prey and avoid other predators. At eighteen months, the mother leaves the cubs, who then form a sibling group that will stay together for another six months. At about two years, the female siblings leave the group, and the young males remain together for life.

A cheetah cannot roar, it uses a high-pitched barking called chirping. Growling is often accompanied by hissing and spitting and is exhibited if the cheetah is annoyed, or when faced with danger. Purring as with most cats, is when the cheetah is content, usually between cubs and their mothers.

Cheetahs are included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of vulnerable species (African subspecies threatened, Asiatic subspecies in critical situation) as well as on the US Endangered Species Act: threatened species

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Taken @ SanDiegoZoo/Safari Park, Escondido, CA

Taken on: November 3, 2014

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