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Cheetahs
The Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, is a member of the cat family, Felidae. They hunt by sight and speed, rather than by stealth typical of other big cats. The fastest of all terrestrial animals reaching speeds of over 110 km/hour (60 mph) in short bursts, it is the only cat that cannot completely retract its claws.
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Their colouring, like lions' colouring, matches the savanna, especially during the dry season when many savanna plants begin to yellow due to the heat. The cheetah's spots help to break up their outline.
Where do cheetahs mostly live in Africa?
Cheetah's are predominantly found in the jungles of Africa and India. The Asiatic cheetah can be found in India, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan etc. The African cheetah is found in countries like Kenya, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe etc. numbers wise, the African species is more populous than its Indian cousin.
Are black panthers faster than a cheetah?
No. ?The fastest land animal is the Cheetah which is capable of approximately 70 miles per hour. ?
The relatively slow .45 calibre round has a muzzle velocity of approximately 850 feet per second. ?
850 feet per second x 60 seconds = 5100 feet per minute
5100 fpm * 60 minutes = 3, 060,000 feet per hour.
3060000 / 5280 (feet in a mile) = approximately 570 miles per hour. ?This is more than enough speed to overtake a Cheetah, much less a panther.
How do cheetahs use their sense of touch to survive?
Cheetahs use their sense of touch in a great number of ways. They use their sense of touch to see if their prey is dead.
What is the size of the average cheetah?
It really depends on the relation in size to its parents. Just like growing tall from your dads side, and getting hazel eyes from your moms side.
What are the eight levels of classification for horses?
Ponies and horses belong to the Animalia kingdom, the chordata phylum, the perissodactyla order, and the equss genus. Horses and ponies also belong to the e. ferus species, the equidae family, and the Mammalia class.
What is the the second fastest north American land animal?
The cheetah has been clocked at about 70 miles per hour (114 km/h). Pronghorn antelope have been clocked at nearly 60 mph.
The fastest land animal on earth has to be the cheetah, also one of the biggest of big cats.
A cheetah's stride is between 7 to 8 metres in length.
Why are coyotes a endangered species?
Coyotes are not currently endangered, but their greatest threat is man.
NO. In fact, quite the opposite.
No. They are actually in the category "LC" or "Least Concern" meaning that they are quite the opposite of endangered.
They are only distantly related. Cheetahs are from an entirely different genus (Acinonyx) rather then the Panthera genus of the jaguar. Cheetahs are more closely related to the cougar and the jaguarundi with which they share a common ancestor.
Who is responsible for the endangered animals?
us people are responsible for endangered animals because we hunt them, and destroy their homes so they are not able to live.
Cheetah hate lions and hyena's because they are stronger and can harm them, take away their prey, and can kill their cubs.
How does a cheetah respond to its surroundings?
it runs if it sees danger like lions and any animal that would eat a cheetah
Cheetahs do not want to be killed like humans so cheetahs run and they would run 70 miles per hour so it does not get killedit is easy for a cheetah because it is the fastes animal on the afican savana
What does a cheetah tattoo symbolize?
has a good and bad meaning,the good is that a cheetah is a fast beautiful creature.the bad is it is a carnivore that hunts and kills.it also will kill humans if it feels threatened.
What animals depend on the cheetah for survival?
Mainly carnivorous animals rely on cheetahs because the cheetah doesn't eat all of its food, so what's left behind other animals get. I would say that hyenas do it the most.
What is the cheetah's role in an ecosystem?
A cheetah is a 'top predator' since no organism directly predates it.
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Its niche is open plains, because it is a high speed(albeit short distance) chase predator. By comparison, the Sabre toothed cat was an ambush predator and a slow runner,whose niche was in woodland. It was unable to adapt when its habitat became open plains.
The ecological niche of a cheetah is open plains
Can cheetahs run 100 miles per hour?
Depends.
It can trot along for a fair distance, but at top speed they can't go very far.
At top speed cheetahs use up oxygen faster than their lungs can collect it, and generate heat in their muscles faster than their bodies can shed it. If it'd try to go on it'd overheat, and run out of air.
Is a leopard more violent than a cheetah?
No
The name Panther can be applied to several species of big cats, but usually a panther is simply a leopard with a black coat - so it would be about the individual, not color of the coat.
same reason we walk or run on two legs that's the way they were made
What is the cheetah's favorite food?
Blesbok, duiker, Grant's gazelle, impala, reedbuck, springbok, and Thomson's gazelle are some of the common targets of the cheetah. Other prey animals include the bat-eared fox, bushbuck, kudu, hartebeest, nyala, oribi, roan antelope, steenbok, sable antelope, and waterbuck.
Is the cheetah adapted to its environment?
The Cheetah is considered to be a dominant wild cat predator. The Cheetah hunts large herbivores helping to control the population.
