Acinonyx

Acinonyx
	Acinonyx jubatus
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Faimily:	Felidae
Subfaimily:	Felinae
Genus:	Acinonyx; Brookes, 1828
Species
	See text
	range o the ane extant species, A. jubatus
Synonyms
	Acinomyx de Beaumont, 1964; Cynaelurus Gloger, 1841; Cynailurus Wagner, 1830; Cynofelis Lesson, 1842; Guepar Boitard, 1842; Gueparda Gray, 1843; Guepardus Duvernoy, 1834; Paracinonyx Kretzoi, 1929

Acinonyx is a genus o mammals frae the faimily Felidae. It is currently distributit in Africae an Asie, but at ane time wis present in Europe an aa. The cheetah is the anly livin species in the genus. Wozencraft (1993) put the genus Acinonyx in thair ain monophyletic subfaimily, Acinonychinae. Salles (1992), Johnson & O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), an Mattern an McLennan (2000) consider Acinonyx, Puma concolor, an Puma (= Herpailurus) yagouaroundi as representatives o closely relatit sister groups.

Species

Acinonyx aicha Geraads, 1997 †
Acinonyx intermedius Thenius, 1954 †
Acinonyx jubatus Schreber, 1775 – cheetah
"Acinonyx kurteni" Christiansen and Mazák, 2008^[1] † (na langer a valid species, probably fraudulent)^[2]^[3]
Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet e Joubert, 1828 - Giant cheetah †

↑ Christiansen, P.; Mazak, J. H. (2009). "A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah lineage". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (2): 512–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810435106. PMC 2626734. PMID 19114651.
↑ Knevitt, Oliver (9 Januar 2011). "5 Greatest Palaeontology Fakes Of All Time #5: The Linxia Cheetah". Science 2.0. Retrieved 27 Januar 2013.
↑ Mazák JH (2012). "Retraction for Christiansen and Mazák, A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah lineage". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109 (37): 15072. doi:10.1073/pnas.1211510109. PMID 22908293.

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