Acinonyx

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.

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

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 †