Acinonyx jubatus

     Former range     Low density     Medium density     High densityIt occurs in Southern and East African countries including Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It is regionally extinct in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.In 2007, the Southern African population was roughly estimated at less than 5,000 to maximum 6,500 adult individuals.In 2010, it was reported to persist in Iona National Park in southwestern Angola. It was introduced in the Hlane Royal National Park of Swaziland and reintroduced in Malawi's Liwonde National Park. Since 1999, the population suffered a massive decline in Zimbabwe. as well as in Mozambique following the civil wars during 1980s and 1990s.It used to occur from the Arabian Peninsula and to Turkey, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan to India.Lynx rufus (Bobcat)L. canadensis (Canadian lynx)L. pardinus (Iberian lynx)L. lynx (Eurasian lynx) Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah) Puma concolor (Cougar) Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Jaguarundi)Felis chaus (Jungle cat) F. nigripes (Black-footed cat)F. silvestris silvestris (European wildcat) F. margarita (Sand cat)F. silvestris lybica (African wildcat) F. catus (Domestic cat)