Talk:Cheetah/Archive 3

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Etymology of the genus
I’ve edited the etymology of Acinonyx, including a cite to Merriam-Webster for what seems to me a much more plausible derivation. The “thorn” business in the previous source (still cited for the species) makes no sense: it disagrees with the complete translation that follows (which is just fine), AFAICT there is no Greek kaina with that meaning, and the Latin would have come out as Acænonyx instead. There is a word akaina, but that’s not a privative a- prefix because it comes from the root ake, sharp (cf. acute, acanthus). The second part, onus, was wrong as well; I chose onyx to match the name, although onux, onyks and onuks are all possible transliterations. Breaking the name in two (immobile + claw), rather than three (not + move + claw) is more a matter of taste, but I think it’s tidier.—Odysseus 1 4 7  9  06:49, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the changes. I'm not good at writing etymology, maybe that's why these mistakes had crept in. Sainsf  (talk · contribs) 08:12, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2017
174.141.87.130 (talk) 18:01, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
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Wrong link for the wolf
I would prefer to have the link for different wolves of Eurasia, rather than for the subspecies Canis lupus lupus, because the latter link is not for all the recognized subspecies of wolves that coexisted with the Asiatic cheetah. Leo1pard (talk) 13:28, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Redirecting African cheetah to Cheetah
What I am thinking of is redirecting African cheetah to the sub-section for Africa, that way, we can have a more valid link for African lion IMO, rather than African lion having to redirect to the whole article, since this article also talks about extant Asiatic cheetahs and prehistoric relatives, and I mean it in a geographical way. What do you think? Leo1pard (talk) 11:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The Subspecies section also has important information on cheetahs in Africa and this is above the In Africa section, which doesn't make the point that there are several African subspecies. A complication is that the Asiatic cheetah used to be found in parts of North Africa (see CatSG) so in this sense all cheetahs are African. On balance the geographical section as you suggest is probably better (perhaps the subspecies should be mentioned there) as the link to the top of the article is potentially confusing. Jts1882 (talk) 13:14, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Motility
"The consequences of such genetic uniformity might include a low sperm count, motility, deformed flagella, difficulty in captive breeding and susceptibility to disease." Something seems to be missing here. Is this supposed to be referring to decreased sperm motility? Also, "susceptibility to disease" should probably be "increased susceptibility to disease". --Khajidha (talk) 17:44, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Sarah the cheetah
There's a nice of a cheetah running in slow-motion. It's attributed to Sarah, a female cheetah that lived in the Cincinnati Zoo. But at 0:58 in the video you can see this guy has some pretty nice testicles on him. Not so sure it's Sarah — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:2CA0:BA3:413B:5A15:6A48:ED4D (talk) 11:31, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Cryptozoology
This article should be a part of WikiProject Cryptozoology. For a long time the King Cheetah was considered a cryptid until its discovery as sourced in the book Cryptozoology A to Z (page 122-123).--Paleface Jack (talk) 16:12, 9 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Interesting. Leo1pard (talk) 02:05, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Cheetah portrait Whipsnade Zoo.jpg to appear as POTD soon
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Cheetah portrait Whipsnade Zoo.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on January 20, 2018. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-01-20. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:16, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

King cheetah
Can somebody please change this part "The mutation is recessive, a reason behind the rareness of the mutation." A mutation is not recessive, a phenotype is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2407:7000:820E:1C30:490C:2B1D:CB5B:E859 (talk) 22:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Let me look into that. Leo1pard (talk) 10:11, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Done, I changed it to "The appearance is caused by a mutation in a recessive gene." Leo1pard (talk) 10:17, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 January 2018
168.8.170.8 (talk) 15:00, 24 January 2018 (UTC) My request is that you need to put more information about reptiles,mammals and you also need to write more details about anmials.
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Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2018
New research on cheetah speed became available in 2013, published in journal Nature - "Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs", A. M. Wilson, J. C. Lowe, K. Roskilly, P. E. Hudson, K. A. Golabek & J. W. McNutt, Nature volume 498, pages 185–189 (13 June 2013. Although the cheetah is recognized as the fastest land animal, little was known about other aspects of its notable athleticism, particularly when hunting in the wild. The above study used a new tracking collar of a proprietary design, containing a combination of Global Positioning System (GPS) and inertial measurement units, to capture the locomotor dynamics and outcome of 367 predominantly hunting runs of five wild cheetahs in Botswana. A remarkable top speed of 25.9 m s−1 (58 m.p.h. or 93 km h−1) was recorded, but most cheetah hunts involved only moderate speeds. The study recorded some of the highest measured values for lateral and forward acceleration, deceleration and body-mass-specific power for any terrestrial mammal. To our knowledge, this is the first detailed locomotor information on the hunting dynamics of a large cursorial predator in its natural habitat. Reynard28 (talk) 20:27, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
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Domestication Is Misleading
Please remove the numerous references to Cheetah "domestication". Domestication requires multi generational control over a species in a successful breeding program where subsequent offspring lose their ability to survive in the wild and become dependent upon man's provision. This has never happened, historically. Even in modern times where zoos and conservation agencies have had moderate success using technology to improve captive birth rates, we are still far from being able to do so reliably and the cheetah remains on the endangered list for a reason. Historically, cheetahs were obtained by captive trapping of young adults because breeding them was so difficult. There are numerous references to this online as well in libraries. I do not feel the need to list exhaustive references here. Making a pet of a wild animal should not be confused with the larger impact of the mass process of domestication upon a species. Please could someone correct these misleading references? 96.33.110.66 (talk) 10:37, 30 August 2018 (UTC) 8/30/18 K R Koole
 * I see nothing about domestication in the articles recent history over the past few months. If you want to suggest an addition, please include citations to reliable sources in your proposal. Thanks. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:33, 2 September 2018 (UTC)