TEHRAN, Jan 10 — Iran is now home to only a dozen Asiatic cheetahs, the deputy environment minister said Sunday, describing the situation for the endangered species as “extremely critical”.
“There are currently only nine males and three females against 100 in 2010 and their situation is extremely critical,” he added. The world’s fastest land animal, capable of reaching speeds of 120 kilometres per hour, cheetahs once stalked habitats from the eastern reaches of India to the Atlantic coast of Senegal and beyond.
The subspecies “Acinonyx jubatus venaticus”, commonly known as the Asiatic cheetah, is critically endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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