Acinonyx
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Acinonyx is a genus o mammals frae the faimily Felidae. It is currently distributit in Africae an Asie, but at ane time wis present in Europe an aa. The cheetah is the anly livin species in the genus. Wozencraft (1993) put the genus Acinonyx in thair ain monophyletic subfaimily, Acinonychinae. Salles (1992), Johnson & O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), an Mattern an McLennan (2000) consider Acinonyx, Puma concolor, an Puma (= Herpailurus) yagouaroundi as representatives o closely relatit sister groups.
| Acinonyx | |
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| Acinonyx jubatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Faimily: | Felidae |
| Subfaimily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 |
| Species | |
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See text | |
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| range o the ane extant species, A. jubatus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acinomyx de Beaumont, 1964 | |
Species
eedit- Acinonyx aicha Geraads, 1997 †
- Acinonyx intermedius Thenius, 1954 †
- Acinonyx jubatus Schreber, 1775 – cheetah
- "Acinonyx kurteni" Christiansen and Mazák, 2008[1] † (na langer a valid species, probably fraudulent)[2][3]
- Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet e Joubert, 1828 - Giant cheetah †
References
eedit- ↑ Christiansen, P.; Mazak, J. H. (2009). "A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah lineage". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (2): 512–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810435106. PMC 2626734. PMID 19114651.
- ↑ Knevitt, Oliver (9 Januar 2011). "5 Greatest Palaeontology Fakes Of All Time #5: The Linxia Cheetah". Science 2.0. Retrieved 27 Januar 2013.
- ↑ Mazák JH (2012). "Retraction for Christiansen and Mazák, A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah lineage". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109 (37): 15072. doi:10.1073/pnas.1211510109. PMID 22908293.
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