Cheetah
Cheetah
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| チーター | |||
| Character Data | |||
| Romaji | Chītā
| ||
| Debut | Kemono Friends (2015 Game) | ||
| Animal Data | |||
| Scientific Name | Acinonyx jubatus
| ||
| Distribution | Eastern and Southern Africa, Iran
| ||
| Diet | Carnivore
| ||
| Avg. Lifespan | 10-12 years
| ||
| Read More | Cheetah
| ||
| Conservation | 
| ||
|
| |||
| Cheetah | Season 2 | Manga | Pavilion | KF3 | Nexon Game | Stage Play | Gallery |
The Cheetah is a type of felid Friend that first appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.
Appearance
Cheetah has long straight hair that reaches at least the knees with parts of it shaped like hooks which run down the nose to the mouth, resembling to the pronounced malar stripes of the animal. Her ears are marked by black patches on the back, whereas her front fringe is marked by small black stripes. She wears a white collared shirt. Similar to the coat of the cheetah, her long gloves, her thigh-high socks, her short circular skirt, her boots and her tie are covered with solid black spots. She bears the cheetah's tail which ends in a bushy white tuft.
Series Appearances
| Media | Role | First Appearance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Nexon Game | ↪ Minor character, obtainable character | |
| 2015 | Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park! | ↪ Major character | Chapter 10 |
| 2017 | Stage Play "Kemono Friends" | ↪ Minor character | |
| 2018 | Kemono Friends Pavilion | ↪ Minor character, observable character | |
| 2018 | Kemono Friends Picross | Appears on multiple puzzles | |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 2 | ↪ Major supporting character | Episode 7 |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 2 (Manga) | ↪ Minor character | Chapter 1 |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 3 | ↪ Minor character, obtainable character | |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 3: Planet Tours | ↪ Playable character | |
In Real Life
The cheetah is a large diurnal wild cat native to eastern and southern Africa and parts of the Middle East. With its yellow fur with notes of tan or grey, dotted with extensive black spots, the cheetah (genus Acinonyx) is often mistaken for the leopard (genus Panthera) with which it shares its savanna habitat; however, the average cheetah stands taller at the shoulder than the average leopard (67–94 cm or 26–37 inches, versus the leopard's 60–70 cm or 24–28 inches), possesses significantly less bulk, and has a longer tail. Its lean, slender body frame and long tail are adaptations for its lifestyle as a pursuit hunter. Cheetahs boast the highest top running speed in the animal kingdom, clocking in at speeds of 93 to 104 km/h (58 to 65 mph); this puts it well ahead of the next fastest-running land animal, the pronghorn, which is not known to surpass speeds of 88.5 km/h (55.0 mph). The cheetah can only maintain these speeds in relatively short bursts; their top speeds in particular can only be maintained for a couple of seconds. Their acceleration is also remarkable, with specimens going from 0 km/h to 97 km/h (0 mph to 60 mph) in under three seconds.
The cheetah is the only large cat aside from the lion which commonly hunts and mingles in social groups, with assorted males or groups of siblings teaming up to ease the burden of catching and defending prey. These coalitions will establish territories just as a solitary cheetah would, marking various inanimate objects such as trees or rocks with their scent to establish boundaries. Conflict between male groups or between a group and an individual can occur, but is rarely lethal; these fights are for mating rights with local females, and a losing male tends to back down before sustaining critical injury. Females, meanwhile, generally prefer to remain fully solitary outside of seeking a mating partner and subsequently raising cubs.
Like other wild cats, the cheetah is an obligate carnivore. Prey animals taken by cheetahs include antelopes, gazelles, hartebeests, impalas, kudus, waterbucks, and wildebeests; they can also take young giraffes or zebras, though adults are too powerful for a single cheetah to tackle. The lithe build of the cheetah results in great sacrifices to its strength, bulk, and durability; consequently, they are not dominant hunters in their ecosystems, and the kills of cheetahs are frequently stolen by other, stronger carnivores such as leopards, lions, and hyenas. Even a group of cheetahs is often not enough to bring down large herbivores or defend a kill from more than one rival predator. Cheetahs may pull light prey items into trees to defend them from lions and hyenas, but leopards are adept climbers and can easily raid even these carcasses.
Cheetahs are generally non-aggressive towards humans, and have been tamed since antiquity.[1] However, captive cheetahs also have high mortality rates and low breeding success rates, making them ill-suited for most zoos lacking the space and resources to properly care for these highly specialised predators.
Trivia
- The cheetah species is the only extant species of the genus Acinonyx, while other large African cats such as the lion and leopard belong to the genus Panthera.
- This means that, while the cheetah is a large cat species, it is not considered to be a "big cat" in the same way as lions and tigers are; that particular grouping is reserved for members of Panthera.
- Unlike wild cats in the Panthera genus, the cheetah is unable to roar; its vocalizations include chirps, howls, and purrs.
- On November 26, 2017, a cheetah at the Saint Louis Zoo gave birth to eight cubs—a record for the most cheetah birth recorded by an institution under the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.[2]
References
- ↑ Caro, T. M. (1994). "Serengeti, and the taxonomy and natural history of cheetahs". Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 15–48. ISBN 978-0-226-09434-2. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ↑ News staff (2018). "St. Louis Zoo cheetah gives birth to record eight cubs". Fox13. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2024.