### animal | vertebrate | mammal | feline:

Cheetah
* All cheetahs are virtually genetically identical.
* Most cheetahs are almost identical
  - come from Africa
  - depend on legs
* Most cheetahs eat gazelles
  - herbivores
  - hoof mammals
  - mammalian herbivores
  - meals
  - meat
  - prey
  - get prey
  - give birth to cheetahs
* Most cheetahs has-part bones
  - jaws
  - mouths
  - muscles
  - tails
* Most cheetahs have ability
  - babies
  - claws
  - coarse fur
  - feet
  - hearts
  - height
  - interaction
  - long legs
  - muscular tails
  - shoulder height
  - teeth
* Most cheetahs kill animals
  - young gazelles
* Most cheetahs live in Africa , but very few can be found in South Asia and India
  - agricultural areas
* Most cheetahs live on savanna
  - the vast plains of Africa
  - move food
  - occur in Africa
  - possess enzymes
  - prefer habitats
* Most cheetahs reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - rely on acceleration
  - seek gazelles
  - use tails
* Some Cheetahs have a blotched appearance to their coat with stripes and loops.
* Some cheetahs appear in films
  - attract attention
* Some cheetahs eat impalas
  - rabbits
  - has-part legs
* Some cheetahs have acceleration
  - cavities
  - coats
  - differences
  - economic importance
  - frames
  - genetic variation
  - low genetic variation
  - nasal cavities
  - partners
  - ranges
  - slender frames
  - tawny coats
* Some cheetahs live in Namibia
  - countries
  - groups
  - institutions
  - isolation
  - north american institutions
  - zoos
* Some cheetahs possess food
  - litter
  - proteins
* Some cheetahs prey on calves
  - livestock
  - seek territory
  - stretch front legs
* actually purr when they're happy.
* adapt hunting techniques.
* also communicate using body language, like other cats.
* also have a distinct family life
  - an increased capacity for breathing, with larger nasal passages
  - distinct black stripes on their faces that run from eyes to mouth
  - very flexible spines
  - lack webbing between their toes
  - try to kill zebras, but zebras are usually too big for a successful hunt
* are a threatened species.
* are active during the day , and hunt in the early morning or late evening
  - adapted for brief but intense bursts of speed
  - almost clones of each other
* are also great hunters
  - legally trophy hunted
  - typically solitary animals
  - among the most effective grassland hunters
* are an endangered animal
  - another example of inbreeding
* are believed to be the diurnal hunters as against big cats which usually hunt at night
  - have evolved in Africa
  - born with their spots and an extra fluffy fur lining on their necks and back
  - built for speed
  - carnivores, meaning their primary food is meat
  - carnivorous and eat a variety of small animals
  - carnivorous, which means they are meat eaters
* are diurnal hunters, as they hunt during the day and rest at night
  - which means they hunt in the morning and in the evening
  - diurnal, hunting in the early morning and late afternoon
  - faster
  - felines
  - found in open and partially open savannas
  - in trouble in the wild
  - induced ovulators, breeding throughout the year
  - longer and more slender with longer legs than other big cats
  - made for sprinting
  - mainly hunters that are diurnal
  - mammals and give live birth to their young
  - medium-sized cats that focus on prey that can be taken by speed
  - one kind of cat in which the cubs have the same spots as the adults
  - part of the cat family
  - predatory animals
  - pregnant for about three months, and it looked like the breeding took
  - rare, charismatic animals, famous for being one of the fastest creatures on land
  - scarce, leopards are secretive, but lions are right out in the open
  - slimmer than other cats
  - small and timid
* are solitary animals
  - solo hunters
  - tall, slender cats that are built for speed
  - tan in color with black spots all over their bodies
  - terrestrial animals, and they often seek shelter in the shade of trees after sunset
* are the fastest land animal on earth
  - quadrupeds
  - fastests mammals living on solid ground
  - main predator of the thompsons gazelle
  - only big cats that can always keep their claws extended
  - world's fastest land animal
  - threatened by habitat loss and conflicts with farmers
  - typically solitary creatures
* are very different socially from every other cat
  - inbred
  - timid and avoid lions and hyenas at all costs
  - well-adapted to living in arid environments
  - what Hollywood needs
* begin by stalking prey for a few seconds or up to several hours.
* breed throughout the year.
* can build up enough speed to run forty-five miles per hour in just two seconds
  - make many different sounds that include purrs, barks, growls, hisses, and chirps
  - mate at any time of the year
  - run at top speed for several miles
  - travel faster than any other land animal, but only for a few hundred yards
* catch dinner
* chase gazelles
* claims to have a small head and flattened ears in the cat family.
  - their legs for survival
* display the all the birthdays by month.
* do indeed have trouble reproducing in captivity
  - most of their hunting by sight
  - purr, but they are one of the most unique and specialized forms of the felid family
* drink from lakes, ponds and water holes.
* eat mainly gazelles, wildebeest calves, impalas and smaller hoofed animals
  - wildebeest and once they're done their remainders make good food for vultures
* even run on their toes, which gives their overall leg length yet another inch or so.
* exhibit movement
  - overlapping promiscuous behavior, and can reproduce year round
* experience health problems
* face many problems, including habitat loss, poaching, and competition with large predators
  - pressure
* feed in a disciplined manner and quite peacefully, with occasional growling and snapping.
  - flexible spine which is used as a spring to jump higher and run faster
  - much higher rate of reproduction than other big cats
  - supple muscular body, perfectly equipped for fast running
* have a unique social order among felids
  - structure in comparison to other cats
  - unique, well structured social order
  - black tear marks reducing the glare, while they are hunting in the daylight hours
  - blunt claws
  - bones in the spine that act like a spring to push their bodies forward
  - enemies
  - heads
  - high-set, forward facing eyes that allow for better sight and stalking of prey
* have long legs, a long tail, and a small head
  - no real predators, other than humans
  - nonretractable claws and rough pads and hunt by running down prey, such as antelope
  - powerful jaws and often use suffocation to kill their prey
  - semi-retractable claws, their very own track shoes
  - somewhat circular heads, rough coats and tiny ears
* have very little variation
  - long legs in proportion to their body length compared to other cats
  - specific hunting patterns
* hunt animals
  - at nights
* includes brains
  - cell membranes
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
* inhabit areas
  - open savannah and are never found in dense forest
  - the desert, savannah, scrub, bush and open woodlands of Africa
  - large ungulates by strangulation
  - own kind
* knock their prey to the ground and kill with a suffocating bite to the neck.
* live alone or in small groups numbering up to six individuals.
* live in Africa and southwestern Asia in temperate grasslands and tropical savannas
  - on the open plains and savannah
* live in open country where they hunt small antelopes, hares, and birds
  - grasslands, savannas, woodland, bush country
* live on grassy plains and savannahs where they hunt their principal prey, small antelope
  - only on open plains and savannahs
  - solitary or in small groups
  - their lives in the fast lane
* make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp.
* make chirping sounds , and hiss or spit when angered or threatened
  - to call their young, sounding much like a bird
* mark territory.
* may have difficulty.
* occur further east in the Lower Zambezi National Park.
  - India, Persia
* often do give up after stotting.
* pass the behavior onto their offspring.
* pay a price for speed.
* possess bodies
  - sperm
* prefer gazelles
* pursue gazelles.
* reach adulthood at the age of one
* reach sexual maturity at around two years of age
* require vast expanses of land with suitable prey, water, and cover sources to survive.
* retract claws.
  - shelter in dense grass and in the shade of trees
* seem to be modest about mating.
* spot hyenas.
* stalk their prey until they are within about thirty meters, and then give chase.
* survive problems.
* take care.
* thrive in areas with vast expanses of land where pretty is abundant.
* to stretch legs.
* usually eat every two to five days.
* usually hunt in pairs
  - the cool of evening, early morning or by moonlight
* weigh only one hundred and twenty-five pounds.
+ Cheetah, Habitats: Felines
  * Most cheetahs live in Africa, but very few can be found in South Asia and India. They live in the savannas
  * Cheetahs are active during the day, and hunt in the early morning or late evening. They hunt and eat mostly gazelles and other animals that are not very heavy or strong. They also eat small mammals and birds if they are very hungry
+ Evolution, Darwin's theory, Genetic drift and its effect: History of science
+ Genetic drift: Evolutionary biology :: Classical genetics
  * Infections and extreme climate events are frequent causes. Occasionally, invasions by more competitive species can be devastating. The extinction of many Australian marsupials by foreign species is a famous example. Although the population has rebounded, its genetic variability is much less than that of the Southern elephant seal. Cheetahs have very little variation. We think the species was reduced to a small number at some recent time. Because it lacks genetic variation, it is in danger from infectious diseases.