What kinds of animals are related to cheetahs?

Answer 1

Cheetahs are felines, so they are related to other felines as the lion, cougar, domestic cat.

Recent DNA research indicates that cheetahs may also be related to the North American cougar and may have shared a common ancestor about 1.5 to 2 million years ago.

Answer 2

There are no close relatives to the cheetah, as the cheetah is in its own genus to other cats, but share the same subfamily (Felinae) as cougars, servals, caracals, lynx and the domestic cat.

The cheetah is said to be one of the most ancient cat in the world; the ancestor of the cheetah, the Nimravid, lived possibly 4 million years ago. The Nimravid had streaks under it's eyes (like cheetahs) but only had spots when they were cubs (like cougars.) It split off into these two creatures thousands of years ago.

Nimravidae are not cats. Modern cats are not a descendant of such animals.

Nimravidae were indeed very cat-like creatures and are often called False Sabre-Tooth Cats, because even though they looked like cats, they were not. In fact, they were a close relative of the cat family at that time.

Answer 3

I'm not sure myself. I would think it is related to fast animals, or animals that look somewhat like the cheetah.

For example: Maybe tigers or lions...

Eureka!

Probably the big cat type of animals!

Hope this helps!

:)

Answer 4

All types of wild cats. Like for example, Lions, Leopards ext.

Answer 5

Cheetahs do not have any close relatives but they are cats so they are related to cougars, ocelots, lions, tigers, servals, caracals, etc.

Answer 6

lions and rhino ,elephants, the big 5 etc.

Answer 7

The cheetah is closely related to the cougar and jaguarundi with which they share a common ancestor.

Answer 8

non