cheetah

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q23907
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cheetah

Summary

cheetah is a taxon[1]. cheetah ranks in the top 0.019% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,990 views/month, #38 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • cheetah's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • cheetah is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • cheetah's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • cheetah is classified within Acinonyx[6].
  • cheetah's scientific name is Acinonyx jubatus[7].
  • cheetah is a type of big cat[8].
  • cheetah's Commons category is recorded as Acinonyx jubatus[9].
  • cheetah's color is recorded as black[10].
  • cheetah's color is recorded as yellow[11].
  • cheetah began on -1900000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • cheetah's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acinonyx jubatus[13].
  • cheetah's Commons gallery is recorded as Acinonyx jubatus[14].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as Eudorcas thomsonii[15].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as impala[16].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as Madoqua[17].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as springbok[18].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as Gazella subgutturosa[19].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as Dorcas gazelle[20].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as common warthog[21].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as goat[22].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as Sylvicapra grimmia[23].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as Lepus capensis[24].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as Urial[25].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as chinkara[26].
  • cheetah's main food source is recorded as dama gazelle[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, cheetah is Acinonyx jubatus[7]. cheetah is classified at the rank of species[4]. cheetah is classified within Acinonyx[6].

Identifiers

cheetah's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 32536[28]. cheetah's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328680[29]. cheetah's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435270[30]. cheetah's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183813[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for cheetah include Flakpanzer Gepard[32], a combat vehicle model[33]; French destroyer Guépard[34], a destroyer[35]; and Cheetoh[36].

Why It Matters

cheetah ranks in the top 0.019% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,990 views/month, #38 of 195,241).[2] cheetah has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] cheetah is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for cheetah include Flakpanzer Gepard[32], a combat vehicle model[33]; French destroyer Guépard[34], a destroyer[35]; and Cheetoh[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . animaldiversity.org. animaldiversity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . animaldiversity.org. animaldiversity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source Eudorcas thomsonii, impala, Madoqua +31
    Speed {'unit': 'Q180154', 'amount': '+120'}
    Original combination Felis jubata
    Enemy lion, Panthera pardus, Crocuta crocuta +3
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12861, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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