Between the late 18th century and the early 20th century, the following Acinonyx species and subspecies were described: Felis jubatus by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1777 was based on earlier descriptions by Comte de Buffon and Thomas Pennant. (wikipedia.org)
In all cats except the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) , the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) , and the flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps) , the claws can be retracted into the toes, which helps keep them sharp. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
We investigated temperature impacts on community dynamics through its influence on the diel activity of, and temporal partitioning amongst, four sympatric species of African large carnivores: lions (Panthera leo), leopards (Panthera pardus), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). (bvsalud.org)
Mammalian Species1
In 2008 two scientists from the Shanghai Science Museum and the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen described a new mammalian species, Acinonyx kurteni , from a supposedly 2.2-2.5 million year old skull, as the oldest known fossil cheetah (Christiansen & Mazák 2009). (evolutionnews.org)
Cheetah3
Acinonyx hecki by Hilzheimer in 1913 was a captive cheetah from Senegal in the Berlin Zoological Garden, named in honour of the zoo's director. (wikipedia.org)
In addition, the following fossil Acinonyx species were described: A. pardinensis, the giant cheetah - by Croizet et Jobert in 1828 A. intermedius - by Thenius in 1954 A. aicha - by Geraads in 1997 "A. kurteni" - by Christiansen and Mazák in 2009 The "Linxia Cheetah" was initially described on the basis of a skull from Pliocene strata in China, and touted as the most primitive member of the genus. (wikipedia.org)
The family Felidae, for example, can be broken down into Acinonyx (cheetah), Panthera (lion, tiger), Neofelis (clouded leopard) and Felis (domestic cats). (docslib.org)
Panthera1
Testing of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA revealed that the ancient cats evolved into eight main lineages that diverged in the course of at least 10 migrations (in both directions) from continent to continent via the Bering land bridge and the Isthmus of Panama , with the Panthera genus being the oldest and the Felis genus being the youngest. (wmflabs.org)
Monophyletic2
In 1993, Acinonyx was placed in the monophyletic subfamily Acinonychinae. (wikipedia.org)
Within Feliformia, the cat family Felidae is composed of 37 species and numerous subspecies organized into eight monophyletic lineages that likely arose 10 million years ago. (biomedcentral.com)
Species4
We find SINEs are powerful markers of speciation and conclude that the few inconsistencies with expected patterns of speciation likely represent incomplete lineage sorting, species hybridization and SINE-mediated genome rearrangement. (biomedcentral.com)
These two species together with the serval ( Leptailurus serval ) form the Caracal lineage, which diverged between 11.56 and 6.66 million years ago. (encyclopedia.pub)
Not only are the wild ungulates and the major Carnivora of the Arabian peninsula all smaller-bodied than conspecifics (or their closest ecological counterparts) in Africa or mainland Asia, but five of the six wild species of ungulates, and both of the top carnivores, are smaller-bodied than the key deer ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_deer ) - an extremely diminutive form restricted to small islands off Florida. (inaturalist.org)
The Arabian species is also smaller-bodied than Capra caucasica ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Caucasian_tur ) and the Ethiopian species Capra walie ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walia_ibex ). (inaturalist.org)
Subspecies1
The pattern applies also to the extinct Arabian form of the ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_ostrich ), which was smaller-bodied than the various subspecies in Africa. (inaturalist.org)
Africa1
[ 6 ] [ 7 ] The ancestor of this lineage arrived in Africa between 8.5 and 5.6 million years ago. (encyclopedia.pub)
Felidae1
Acinonyx is a genus within the Felidae family. (wikipedia.org)
Cats1
The global conservation status of the Iberian Lynx is currently Endangered (EN), although previously it was one of the most endangered cats at a status of Critically Endangered (CR). (wildcatfamily.com)
Million1
[5] The lineages of the California and Japanese sea lion appear to have split off 2.2 million years ago during the Pliocene . (marinemammalscience.org)
Clouded Leopard1
The tiger, snow leopard, and clouded leopard genetic lineages dispersed in Southeast Asia during the Miocene . (cloudfront.net)
Distinct1
B. henselae infection in humans exhibits a vari- within 3 distinct lineages (Marseille, Houston-1, and Ber- ety of clinical syndromes including the most common, cat- lin-2), and the 16S rRNA gene was not a sensitive marker scratch disease (CSD) ( 5 ), endocarditis ( 6 ), bacillary angi- of the clonal divisions of B. henselae . (cdc.gov)