Acinonyx

Acinonyx is a genus of mammals from the family Felidae. It is currently distributed in Africa and Asia, but used to be present in Europe too. The Cheetah is the only non-extinct species in the Acinonyx genus. Wozencraft (1993) put the genus Acinonyx in their own monophyletic subfamily, Acinonychinae. Salles (1992), Johnson & O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) consider Acinonyx, Puma concolor, and Puma (= Herpailurus) yagouaroundi as representatives of closely related sister groups.

Species

Acinonyx aicha Geraads, 1997 †
Acinonyx intermedius Thenius, 1954 †
Acinonyx jubatus Schreber, 1775 - Common name: Cheetah
Acinonyx kurteni Christiansen and Mazák, 2008 †
Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet e Joubert, 1928 †

Translation

The word "Acinonyx" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, Hungarian, French, Portuguese.

Translation in Bulgarian: Гепарди.