INDEX

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A

Acinonyx jubatus

Acinonyx pardinensis

adoption

African wild dog

AfriCat

Akbar the Great

America

Amphicyonidae (bear-dogs)

Anatolian shepherd dog (Akbash)

anatomy

limbs

paws

skull

spine

tail

Asiatic cheetah

attacks on people

B

Botswana

Burkina Faso

C

Caniformia

cannibalism

Cape fur seal

caracals (as hunting companions)

Caro, Tim

Caucasian Russia

cave art

Chad

Cheetah Conservation Fund

classification

claws (see also dewclaw)

coalitions

coat colour aberrations (see also king cheetah)

competitors

African wild dog

Asiatic black bear

baboon

brown bear

crocodile

domestic dog

hyaena

brown

spotted

striped

lion

leopard

wolf

conservation

coursing (hunting with cheetahs)

cubs

D

dewclaw (see also claws)

disease

anthrax

canine distemper

pneumonia

distribution

Durant, Sarah

dwarf mongoose

E

Egypt

Etosha National Park

evolution

F

farmers

feeding behaviour

Feliformia

fences

fertility

fighting

flehmen

floaters (non-residents)

fossa

G

genet, large-spotted

genetics

founder effect

gestation

H

home-range

hunting

co-operation

methods

success rate

hyper-carnivory

I

inbreeding

independence

India

infanticide

injuries

Iran

J

jaguar

jaguarundi

K

Kalahari Desert

Kavir National Park

Kenya

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Khar Touran National Park

king cheetah

kleptoparasitism

Kruger National Park

L

lactation

Laurenson, Karen

leopard

Linnaeus, Carolus

lion

litter size

Liuwa Plains National Park

livestock (see also prey, domestic livestock)

Lower Zambezi National Park

M

Maharajas

Maharaja of Korea

Mali

marking behaviour

Masai

Masai Mara Game Reserve

mating

Meganteron

meta-population management

miacids

Miracinonyx

mongoose, dwarf

mortality

adults

cubs

Mughals

Akbar (see also Akbar the Great)

Jahangir

N

Namibia

natural selection

Niger

Nimravidae

Barbourofelis

Dinaelurus

nocturnalism

Nxai Pan National Park

O

O’Brien, Stephen

P

paws (see anatomy)

Pendjari National Park

Phinda Game Reserve

phylogeny chart

Pilanesberg National Park

play behaviour

play-trees

population bottleneck

predatory training

prey

preferences

species

baboon

banded mongoose

bat-eared fox

birds

blackbuck

blesbok

caracal

Cape fox

common reedbuck

domestic livestock (see also livestock)

duiker

gazelle

chinkara

dama

dorcas

goitered

Grant’s

Thomson’s

gemsbok

giraffe

guinea fowl

hare

ibex

impala

jackal

markhor

nilgai

nyala

puku

rodents

springbok

steenbok

urial

warthog

wildebeest

prey selection

Proailurus

protected areas

Pseudaelurus

puma

purring

R

re-introduction and translocation

soft-release

reproduction

Reserve Naturelle Nationale de L’Air et du Tenere

roaring

Russian cheetahs

S

sabre-tooths

Megantereon

Smilodon fatalis

Sahara desert

scavenging

scent-marking

secretary bird

Serengeti

Serengeti Plains

serval

shakhbandh

sib-group

sociality

South Africa

speed

spotted hyaena

status

stride

length

rate

sub-species

T

tail (see anatomy)

Tanzania

territory

tiger

tourism

sites to see cheetahs

trophy hunting

V

viverravines

vocalisations (see also purring & roaring)

vulpavines

Z

Zambia

Zimbabwe

zoos