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Species · Acinonyx
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
The cheetah is a lightly built cat whose hunting style differs from the heavy ambush approach of many other felids. Its long …
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Classification in context
Lineage
- LifeLife
- DomainEukaryota
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyFelidae
- GenusAcinonyx
Advanced classification
Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.
- cellular organisms cellular root
- Eukaryota domain
- Opisthokonta clade
- Metazoa kingdom
- Eumetazoa clade
- Bilateria clade
- Deuterostomia clade
- Chordata phylum
- Craniata subphylum
- Vertebrata clade
- Gnathostomata clade
- Teleostomi clade
- Euteleostomi clade
- Sarcopterygii superclass
- Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
- Tetrapoda clade
- Amniota clade
- Mammalia class
- Theria clade
- Eutheria clade
- Boreoeutheria clade
- Laurasiatheria superorder
- Carnivora order
- Feliformia suborder
- Felidae family
- Felinae subfamily
- Acinonyx genus
NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗
Records in this collection
Principal members
1 published profile in this branch.
Living species · MDD v2.5 · 28 July 2026
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1 living species in 1 genera in this dated checklist; 1 have public profiles here.
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Acinonyx 1 species
- Acinonyx jubatusCheetahPublic profileMDD source ↗
Checklist attribution: Mammal Diversity Database (2026), version 2.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Only living species are included; subspecies and extinct species are outside this checklist.
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