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Northwest African cheetah

subspecies of the cheetah
Taxon taxon Q2164369
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Summary

Northwest African cheetah is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month, #1,540 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: subspecies[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[4]
  • Parent taxon: cheetah[5]
  • Taxon name: Acinonyx jubatus hecki[6]
  • Commons category: Acinonyx jubatus hecki[7]
  • Original combination: Acinonyx hecki[8]
  • Taxon synonym: Felis jubata senegalensis[9]
  • Taxon common name: Northwest African Cheetah[10], Saharan Cheetah[11], guépard d'Afrique du Nord-Ouest[12]

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Identifiers

Northwest African cheetah's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 147526[13]. Northwest African cheetah's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1271376[14]. Northwest African cheetah's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6164723[15]. Northwest African cheetah's ITIS TSN is recorded as 726289[16].

Why It Matters

Northwest African cheetah has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Onca53 · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'bg', 'commons', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Image → Acinonyx jubatus ssp. hecki in Idlès 1.jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Acinonyx jubatus ssp. hecki in Idlès 1.jpg"
  2. 16w ago · Mateus2019 · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Acinonyx jubatus ssp. hecki in Idlès 1.jpg
    Aliases → —
    Original combination → Acinonyx hecki
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Image: Northeast African Cheetah (14846381095) 2013.jpg, ([[c:GR|GR]]) [[c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: [[File:NorthWest African Cheetah (14846381095).jpg]] → [[File:Nort"
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