Endangered species research project (Jaicha Gonzalez)

              Did you know that the cheetah’s predator was a lion?  The scientific name  for the cheetah is Acinonyx Jubatus. The cheetah looks like a big cat with an orange coat covered in black spots. The cheetah has a slender built body with long  legs and a tail that’s about 32 inches long (www.earthsendangered.com).

Cheetahs are isolated and solitary animals they live by themselves except if its time for mating season. The cheetah is a carnivore it preys on all sorts of mammals, gazelles, birds, warthogs, deer, and impala. The cheetah hunts during the day and sleeps during the night because it wants to “avoid competition with the lions and hyenas" (www.arkive.org).

 The cheetahs live in grassland savannahs. “Most of the remaining wild cheetah populations are located in sub-Saharan Africa (south of the Saharan desert) with some smaller populations in northern Africa and one isolated population still living in Iran. The number of cheetahs in 1900 was over 100,000.  The number of cheetahs now in the world is estimated as 7500” (www.bigcats.com).

“Decline in prey, loss of habitat, poaching and high mortality of cheetah cubs often in conflict with farmers because they attack livestock. “The cheetah, which can reach speeds of 70miles per hour, is considered one of the world’s most endangered species by the convention of international trade in endangered species”. ((www.scientificamerican.com).



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cgg0txuzWM


work cited:
 http://earthendangered.com

 "Cheetah is an amazing animals". 5.8.2013 at www.grolier.com

"what is being done to save the cheetah?". 5.10.2013 at www.scientificamerican.com