Lazing about by FuzzyYak
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The series:
Some friends and I went to De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Trust a while back - what an experience! They are SUCH amazingly beautiful creatures! Hopefully these pictures will relate just a little bit of that beauty.
This shot:
King Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatu rex).
Being the fastest animal on land is hard work, y'know?! I need my rest!
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Comments (5)
Dianthus
Another great shot:)
busi2ness
Great capture and pose! Not everyday that one sees a King Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatu rex)
wingnut55
nice shot, but i think cheetah with these strange markings are not a separate species, just a mutation ? the theory as to why cheetah are so genetically bottlenecked is that the species evolved in Asia, but became extinct there (just a few left in Iran), so that we are left only with an African population descended from just a few individuals. there is some interesting stuff at www.cheetah.org
babuci
Fantastic coat pattern of a wonderfull animal! Thanks to share these shots!
FuzzyYak
wingnut, you are correct, yes. It is not a different species. Acinonyx jubatu rex can have "normal" parents and can have "normal" offspring. It's just a, as you say, mutation.