Acinonyx

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Ferae
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Acinonyx
Species: †A. aicha – †A. intermedius – Acinonyx jubatus – †A. kurteni – †A. pardinensis
Name

Acinonyx Brookes, 1828

Type species: (by monotypy) Acinonyx venator Brookes, 1828 (=Felis jubata Schreber, 1775)
References

Acinonyx in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Cat. anat. zool. Mus. J. Brookes: 16, 33

Vernacular names
العربية: فهد
български: Гепард
Deutsch: Gepard
English: Cheetah
español: Guepardo, Chita
eesti: Gepard
Bahasa Indonesia: Citah
日本語: チーター属
português: Guepardo
ไทย: ชีตาห์, เสือชีตาห์
українська: Гепард
中文: 獵豹

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Acinonyx is a genus of mammals from the family Felidae. It is currently distributed in Africa and Asia, but at one time was also present in Europe. The cheetah is the only extant species in the genus. Wozencraft (1993) put the genus Acinonyx in their own monophyletic subfamily, Acinonychinae. Salles (1992), Johnson & O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) consider Acinonyx, Puma concolor, and Puma (= Herpailurus) yagouaroundi as representatives of closely related sister groups.

Species

* Acinonyx aicha Geraads, 1997 †
* Acinonyx intermedius Thenius, 1954 †
* Acinonyx jubatus Schreber, 1775 – Cheetah
* Acinonyx kurteni Christiansen and Mazák, 2008[1] † (disputed, possibly fraudulent)[2]
* Acinonyx pardinensis Croizet e Joubert, 1828 †

References

1. ^ 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: 512. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810435106.
2. ^ http://www.science20.com/between_death_and_data/5_greatest_palaeontology_fakes_all_time_5_linxia_cheetah