Acinonyx is a genus within the cat family. The only living species of this genus, the cheetah, A. jubatus, occurs in open grasslands of Africa and Asia.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0