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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:38:12 GMT
and if we go with Wilson and Reeder (1992) then we would consider all subspecies to be synonyms. So only one full species. So who is telling us the correct information? who knows? this will go on and on for many years to come. |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:38:47 GMT
exist photo of transcaspian cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raddei) in this book: Heptner, V.G. y Sludskij, A.A. (1.980). Die Säugetiere der Sowjetunion. Band III: Raubtiere (Feloidea), Jena. |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:39:06 GMT
Hello Baghira, thank you for this very interesting book tip. It is possible to publish this photo here in the forum? Here is the title of the English Edition HEPTNER V.G. & A. A. SLUDSKII (1992) Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol. 2 (Part 2). Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats) Washington, Hc, 784 S., 17 x 24 cm |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:39:24 GMT
baghira it would be great to see this image here either upload it youself or you can always email it any of us here and we can upload it for you. |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:39:46 GMT
This time is sending on Peter's email. Only is animation. |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:40:15 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:40:38 GMT
This time is sending on Peter's email. Only is animation. Here is the image:  Transcaspian cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus raddei), from book: Die Säugetiere der Sowjetunion. Band III: Raubtiere (Feloidea), Jena. Heptner, V.G. y Sludskij, A.A. (1.980). |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:41:04 GMT
thanks once again - great to see pic |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:41:34 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 7:42:15 GMT
Baghira can you please supply sources for all images including above. |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 18:08:11 GMT
There are 2 Asian subspecies: Acinonyx jubatus raddei (Caspian Sea area) and Acinonyx jubatus venaticus (India and Middle East). These differ somewhat from their African cousins by having a darker color, longer fur and a somewhat larger body. A. jubatus raddei, sometimes called the Transcaspian cheetah, is possibly already extinct. A. jubatus venaticus once ranged from North Africa and Israel eastward to India. European and Asian royalty have hunted it to the point of near extinction. Today it is believed that only about 200 remain, existing as small isolated groups, in northeastern Iran. The Khosh Yeilagn Protected Area in Iran is thought to contain the highest population of Asiatic cheetah. Some argue that the African cheetah should be introduced to boost any remaining Asiatic populations. Others think the two should not be mixed. No comparisons of blood and tissue specimens between the Asian and African species have ever been made and some theorize that the Asiatic Cheetah is simply an African Cheetah whose ancestors were brought from Africa to be used for sport. www.cheetahspot.com/asiatic.php |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 18:09:32 GMT
The cheetah Acinonyx jabatus raddei is extremely rare, if not already extinct, east of the caspian sea in Tukmenistan, which was this cat's final asian redoubt. A story is related of four sightings of wild cheetahs and one discovery of a skull and a piece of skin in Turkmenistan between october 1975 and july 1983 (as told by A.V. Gorbunov in his master's thesis). The last sighting was of a female with her 2 cubs. Still, if there are any cheetahs still surviving in the wild in this area, it is highly doubtful that they will be able to substain themselves..... |
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Post by another specialist on Jul 18, 2007 18:10:15 GMT
 Acinonyx jubatus raddei Transcaspia, Caspian Sea area, European Russia Extremely rare, thought to be extinct planet-mammiferes.org |
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Post by another specialist on Sept 11, 2007 5:10:46 GMT
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Post by Bhagatí on Mar 13, 2008 23:22:26 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Mar 14, 2008 9:46:09 GMT
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Post by Bhagatí on Jul 26, 2019 12:02:59 GMT
cheetah from Caucasus:  Jaw of cheetah from Binagady asphalt   Cheetah in the Pleistocene semidesert of Eastern Transcaucasia  Representation of cheetahs on a silver container from Maikop burial (according to Farmakovskii, 1914) from publication: The mammals of the Caucasus; a history of the evolution of the fauna. (Mlekopitayushchie Kavkaza; istoriya formirovaniya fauny) Source: archive.org/details/mammalsofcaucasu00vere/ |
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