Acinonyx jubatus venaticus It is a Critically Endangered cheetah subspecies surviving today only in Iran. It once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Kyzyl-Kum Desert and India, but has been eradicatedthere during the 20th century. The Asiatic cheetah diverged from the cheetah population in Africa between 32,000 and 67,000 years ago. The word ‘cheetah’ is derived from the Sanskrit chitraka, which...