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Acinonyx

Description

Acinonyx is a genus within the cat family. The only living species of this genus, the cheetah A. jubatus lives in open grasslands of Africa and Asia.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2435269https://www.gbif.org/species/2435269
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41046https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41046
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Acinonyx
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyAeluroideaFlower 1869
familyFelidaeGray 1821
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusAcinonyxBrookes 1828
Common Namecheetah
Scientific NameAcinonyx Brookes, 1828
Name Published InBrookes, Joshua. 1828. A catalogue of the anatomical & zoological museum of Joshua Brookes. Taylor, London. Vol. Part I: pp. 1-70.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acinonyxgenusbelongs to Felinaestated without evidenceKurten and Anderson, 1980
Acinonyxgenusbelongs to FelidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Acinonyxgenusbelongs to Felidaestated without evidenceGeraads, 1997
Acinonyxgenusbelongs to Felinaestated with evidenceJohnson et al., 2006
Acinonyxgenusbelongs to Felidaestated without evidenceWerdelin and Peigne, 2010
Acinonyxgenusbelongs to Felinaestated without evidenceBreitenmoser and Breitenmoser, 2017
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Felidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America
Common Name(s) Cheetah
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinonyx

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acinonyx aicha
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
13.60 Ma
Pliocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene
Acinonyx jubatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Cheetah75.33 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Acinonyx pardinensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
225.33 Ma
Miocene
0.78 Ma
Pleistocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Acinomyx de Beaumont, 1964GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Acinomyx
Cynailurus Wagler, 1830GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Cynailurus
Miracinonyx Adams, 1979GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Miracinonyx
Cynaelurus Gloger, 1841GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Cynaelurus
Gueparda Gray, 1842GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Gueparda
Cynaelurus Agassiz, 1846GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Cynaelurus
Paracinonyx Kretzoi, 1929GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Paracinonyx
Cynofelis Lesson, 1842GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Cynofelis
Cinaylurus Lund, 1839GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Cinaylurus
Guepardus Duvernoy, 1834GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Guepardus
Guepar Boitard, 1841GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Guepar

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1828Acinonyx Brookes
1980Acinonyx Kurten and Anderson p. 192
1988Acinonyx Carroll
1997Acinonyx Geraads p. 140
2006Acinonyx Johnson et al. p. 74
2010Acinonyx Werdelin and Peigne p. 645
2017Acinonyx Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 28

References

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Geraads D. (1997) Carnivores du Pliocene terminal de Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc), Géobios 30 1, 127-164
Johnson W. E., Eizirik E., et al (2006) The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment, Science 311, 73-77 doi:10.1126/science.112227
Werdelin L., Peigne S. (2010) Carnivora, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 603-657
Breitenmoser C., Breitenmoser U. (2017) A revised taxonomy of the Felidae, Cat News: Special Issue 1, 1-79
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology
Cat. Mus., 16 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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