Lumpkin S. 1992. Cheetahs. Zoogoer:10-23.

Keywords: 1Afr/3NAm/45Asia/78Eur/Acinonyx jubatus/captive breeding/cheetah/decline/ distribution/fossil/gazelles/history/male coalition/predation

Abstract: Despite their once very wide distribution, cheetahs seem never to have existed in large numbers. Compared to lions, cheetahs appear relatively rarely in the fossil record. One of the main reasons for the cheetah's decline is the decline of gazelles and other hoofed prey. Hunting and habitat loss are killing off most species of gazelles. While crops can actually improve the habitat for gazelles, farmers view them as pests and try to eradicate them. Other reasons for the decline are that cheetah cubs are very vulnerable of predation and cheetahs also lose prey to larger carnivores in their range. Some males live in coalitions and some of them remain resident territories that they aggressively defend against other males that leads to a very high rate of adults deaths due to combat between males. Climate change at the end of the Pleistocene, which brought about massive extinctions, most likely accounts for the extinction of the American cheetah and the disappearance of cheetahs form Europe and parts of Asia. A problem in zoos is that cheetahs are notoriously reluctant to breed in captivity.

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