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Asiatic cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus venaticus

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Description:

First Asiatic cheetah captured and radio-collared in Bafgh Protected Area, Iran.

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Comments (17)
jaguar54321
An amazing shot of a critically endangered species.
BrandonBlount
Awesome!!! Thank you for sharing this excellent spotting and showing the world what is being done to preserve this species. :-D
Ashish
Good infomation... Request you to draft own website on Cheetah...!! If is there already please mark here..!!
arash.ghoddousi
Thanks a lot for your comments Ashish! I have about 200 shots of the same individual, I'll add others in the coming days.
Ashish
No doubt Arash you have made Project Noah more precious with this great spotting...!! I feel This cheetah is star on Project Noah..!!
Ashish
See the thick and dense hairy tail what make this pretty big cat very much spectacular..!!
Ashish
You can edit this picture with crop to show bigger Cheetah image and add as separate picture in this spotting.
Ashish
Thanks Arash.. Please add whatever information you know and put reliable to declare about Iran's Cheetas add in Description and Notes...!!
arash.ghoddousi
There is an ongoing project on conservation of Asiatic cheetahs for the past 10 years with participation of international organizations namely GEF, WCS, Panthera, CCF, etc.
Ashish
Wow...then no doubt Dan have started planning new project..regarding study of these Cheetah..!!
arash.ghoddousi
Thanks! Possibly less than 100 Asiatic cheetahs are surviving only in Iran.
Ashish
Great feat to see a Cheetah from Asia...!!! @Arash... what is their Census record say...in Iran..?
Dan Doucette
Wow! Amazing spotting of the rare Asiatic Cheetah. Is this in the wild? It appears to be.

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PublishedAugust 26, 2011

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