It took 4 million years of evolution of the cheetah to become the exceptional animal it is today, and only 100 years for man to place it on the endangered species list stated by Annie Beckhelling from the Cheetah Outreach Foundation. The cheetah the fastest animal on land, is now vulnerable to extinction throughout its range, because of hunters and habitat declining. Once widespread across Africa, into the middle east and India, the cheetah has suffered dramatic declines over the century. Now you have a little backgorund information im going to talk about the habitat, diet, physical description and why the are becoming extinct.

The cheetah is found southern and eastern Africa with Namibia having the largest population of 2,500. According to T.M. Caro in the article Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains 1994, The Cheetahs range is confined to narrowing islands of Savanna and similar vegetation zones south of the Sahara. They do not inhabit forests, but their habitat varies. Cheetahs......

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Title: Cheetahs
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