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Collected
Cheetah
Genus species - Acinonyx jubatus
Subfam - Felinae
Fam - Felidae
Superfam - Feloidea
Suborder - FISSIPEDA
Order - CARNIVORA
EX - KM-14431 ♀ 14 Sept 1945, A506, S. W.
Afr, Donia, 880, 520, 240, 70,
Desc - Head - ground color a light ruffous brown
black stripe from corner of eye to corner of upper lip,
numerous small black specks on forehead and
head top of ears black. Chin and throat white.
Body - a shaggy mane from back of head to
upper back and shoulders of streaky light brown
hair, body color light whitish brown with a
slight ruffous tinge, numerous black spots
down lower back and legs and sides, and tail,
bellow whitish brown,
Tail - as described, dark brownish band near tip,
tip white.
King Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus rex)
KM-14436, 1945, Metopos, S. Rho, Daombo,
Total length 6'5",
Desc - Background color pale whitish
with a rusty tinge, black mane on neck.
running into B narrow black stripes down
back with a broken black stripe on
each side running parallel with it, black
marks very dark and distinct, some dots,
some wave narrow marks.