It’s been a while since I have done an animal fact blog. But I’m back at it again with the fastest mammal in the word. Since I was little this has been my favorite animal. Reason is because it’s the fastest living land animal in the word (it also looks dope). I hope to educate you more about it, myself included. So why not stick around, maybe by the end of this blog it will be your favorite animal too.

The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal; the fastest recorded speeds being 58 and 61 mph and for our metric users 93 and 98 km/h. It has several adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs, and a long tail. The head-and-body length is between 3 ft 7 in and 4ft 11 in (1.1 and 1.5 m). Adults weigh between 46 and 159 Ib (21 and 72 kg). Its head is small, rounded, and has a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. The cheetah is active mainly during the day and is most active during dawn and dusk. It feeds on small to medium sized prey. It prefers medium sized ungulates (this is an animal group which contains large mammals with hooves like zebras, and giraffes), springbok, and Thomson’s gazelles. They breed through out the year. Usually, a litter of three or four cubs is born. Cheetah cubs are highly vulnerable to predation by other large carnivores such as hyenas and lions. The cheetah lives in a variety of habitats like the Savannahs in the Serengeti, arid mountain ranges in the Sahara and hilly desert terrain in Iran.

I hope you learned something about The Flash of the animal world. Maybe you will use this one day, who knows. Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed. Over and out.