Northwest African cheetah

3D Model

3D scan of the skeleton of a Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki).

The Northwest African cheetah is a cheetah subspecies native to the Sahara and the Sahel. It is quite different in appearance from the other African cheetahs. Its coat is shorter and nearly white in color, with spots that fade from black over the spine to light brown on the legs. The face has few or even no spots, and the tear stripes are often missing. The body shape is basically the same as that of the sub-Saharan cheetah, except that it is somewhat smaller. It feeds on antelopes which have adapted to an arid environment, such as the addax, dorcas gazelle, rhim gazelle, and dama gazelle.

Specimen: Northwest African cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus hecki Hilzheimer, 1913

Inventory number: C 1386

Collection: Natural History Museum University of Pisa

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Scanned and edited by Marco Merella

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