Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Fact Sheet: Distribution & Habitat

Asiatic cheetah (A. jubatus venaticus)

• Iran
• Khorassan, Semnan, Tehran, Isfahan, Yazd, Kerman provinces
• c. 40-200 individuals
• Possibly present in Egypt
• Believed extinct
• Extinct in India

African cheetah

• Widespread in southern and eastern Africa
• Largest free-range population in Namibia (A. j. jubatus, approx. 2500).
• Subspecies ranges
  
  • A. j. jubatus - Southern Africa
  • c. 10,000 individuals
  • A. j. velox and A. j. raineyii - East Africa
  • < 100 individuals
  • A. j. soemmeringii - Sudan
  • < 2,000 individuals
  • A. j. hecki - North-West Africa
  • < 500 individuals

Turkestan cheetah (Acinonyx j. raddei)

• Presumed extinct in Turkestan

Typically in semi-open country

• Bush and savanna woodlands
• Regions include cover (bushes, medium-length grasses, and trees)
• Places without cover make hunting difficult
• Does well in arid/semi-arid habitat

Iranian population

• Endures extremes in temperature
• Yearly temperature ranges from below 0^oC to 45^oC

Cheetah distribution. Isolated, patchy distribution across a large area.

Adapted from www.d-maps.com according to IUCN fact sheet.
Click here or on map for detailed distribution (IUCN)

Byers et al (1995)
Gros and Rejmanek (1999)
Jackson (1998)
Marker-Kraus (1997)
Saleh et al (2001)