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Backgrounds Gallery of   Animals - CHEETAHS

© Les Juby

Ref:  00124_Cheetah-in-dry-grass Cheetah in dry grass clearing.

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© Les Juby

Ref:  00123_Cheetah-in-thorns Cheetah framed in deep acacia thorns. The cheetah camouflage is well illustrated in this pic in that is near invisible in the 160 pixel thumbnail and blends well in the 400 pixel demo. (click the image to view)

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© Jeremy Williamson

Ref:  00087_Cheetah The cheetah originated about 4 million years ago, long before the other big cats. It was common throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and North America until the end of the last Ice Age, about 10,000 years ago, when massive climatic changes caused large numbers of mammals to disappear.

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© Jeremy Williamson

Ref:  00086_Cheetah A female cheetah, still with her (out of frame) three cubs and here keeping a golden eye on them. Taken at Phinda Resource Reserve, Zululand.

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© Paul Juby

Ref:  00022_Cheetah-and-cub ''Acinonyx jubatus''. Mother and cub cheetah feasting on a Red Duiker kill at Phinda Resource Reserve. Standard prey are mid-sized hoofed animals such as gazelle, impalas and waterbuck. Cheetah rarely return to a kill and eat carrion only if starving.

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© Paul Juby

Ref:  00025_Cheetahs-at-Phinda Pack of cheetahs taking a break in the shade at Phinda Resource Reserve, Zululand. Easily trained, cheetah were used in ancient times (by the Sumerians and Egyptians) to help with hunting expeditions.

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© Glenda Caine

Ref:  00035_Cheetah-cubs-Amboseli Cheetah cubs at Amboseli, Kenya. Cheetah have been hunted to extinction in India and survive in significant populations only in east and southwestern Africa.

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© Glenda Caine

Ref:  00036_Cheetah-mother-and-cub Cheetah mother and cub. Running in for the kill a cheetah can reach over 120kmph. They are vulnerable to destruction by farmers, and through reduced habitat. This mother and the cub photographed in the Masai Mara.

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© Glenda Caine

Ref:  00043_Cheetah-Masai-Mara Cheetah mother and cubs in the Masia Mara, Kenya. Young females usually occupy the same range as their mother although all females are solitary except when they have a litter. Average female home ranges extend to 833 square kilometers. Males and females mix only to mate: a female raises her cubs alone.

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© Glenda Caine

Ref:  00045_Two-cheetah-males Two male cheetah on the Masai Mara, Kenya. This coalition will live and hunt together for life claiming a range which may overlap several female territories. Young males seek out an area as far as 500km from the parents, averaging 37km2 in territory.

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© Glenda Caine

Ref:  00046_Two-male-cheetahs Two male cheetah on the Masia Mara, Kenya. A drastic near-extinction some 10000 years ago resulted in too few individuals to maintain a healthy gene pool. This loss of genetic variability has resulted in a population of closely related individuals who may have lost many traits which enable them to survive changed conditions.

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© Glenda Caine

Ref:  00047_Cheetahs-Kenya A cheetah atop an old ant hill in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Cheetahs bring down quarry either by tripping it or knocking it off balance with a sideward or downward blow to its hindquarters. Once the victim is down, the cat lunges for its throat, secures a vicelike grip on its windpipe, and proceeds to choke it to death, usually within 4 to 5 minutes. A cheetah then drags its kill into nearest cover, where it proceeds to eat up to 15 kg.

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© Glenda Caine

Ref:  00048_Cheetah-Masai-Mara-Kenya Cheetah mother and cub in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Adult cheetah in prime condition can reach 55kg, with the average adult at 45kg. Cheetahs have been documented to live up to 8 years in the wild, under ideal conditions, but 3 to 6 years is normal. In captivity lifespans of over 10 years are uncommon.

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