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
Acinonyx jubatus
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Faimily: Felidae
Subfaimily: Felinae
Genus: Acinonyx
Brookes, 1828
Species

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range o the ane extant species, A. jubatus
Synonyms

Acinomyx de Beaumont, 1964
Cynaelurus Gloger, 1841
Cynailurus Wagner, 1830
Cynofelis Lesson, 1842
Guepar Boitard, 1842
Gueparda Gray, 1843
Guepardus Duvernoy, 1834
Paracinonyx Kretzoi, 1929

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References eedit

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  2. Knevitt, Oliver (9 Januar 2011). "5 Greatest Palaeontology Fakes Of All Time #5: The Linxia Cheetah". Science 2.0. Retrieved 27 Januar 2013.
  3. 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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