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  2. Cheetah - Wikipedia

    • The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and the fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots. The head is small and rounded, with a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. It reaches 67–94 cm (26–37 in) at the shoulder, and the head-and-body length is between 1.1 and 1.5 m … See more

    Etymology

    The vernacular name "cheetah" is derived from Hindustani Urdu: چیتا and Hindi: चीता (ćītā). This in turn comes from Sanskrit: चित्रय (Chitra-ya) meaning 'variegated', 'adorned' or 'painted'. In the past, the cheetah wa… See more

    Taxonomy

    In 1777, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber described the cheetah based on a skin from the Cape of Good Hope and gave it the scientific name Felis jubatus. Joshua Brookes proposed the generic name Acinonyx i… See more

     
  1. Cheetahs have an upper coat of fur that is tawny, pale buff or grayish white, with underparts that are paler and whiter. Black spots are set close together on the pelage with a series of black rings around the last one-third of the tail.
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    The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and the fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah
    The Cheetahs coat varies from a tawny to golden tone covered in a pattern of solid black spots averaging.75"-1.5" in diameter. The Cheetahs beautiful pelt became more protected in 1970, when the fur trade regulations were strengthened. The fur is coarse to the touch not silky as it appears.
    bigcatrescue.org/conservation-news/cheetah-facts
    The cheetah’s tawny upper coat of fur, adorned with black spots, enables them to seamlessly blend into their environment, making them less visible to potential prey and predators alike.
    wildlifefaq.com/cheetah-fur-and-color/
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