AnAge entry for Acinonyx jubatus

Classification (HAGRID: 01759)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Felidae
                    Genus: Acinonyx
Species: Acinonyx jubatus
Common name: Cheetah
Synonyms: Acinonyx rex

Maximum longevity: 20.5 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Large
Data quality: High
Observations: One wild born male was about 20.5 years old when he died in captivity [0671].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

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[1142] Kohler et al. (2006), Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction