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Wikipedia: The Asiatic Cheetah ("cheetah" from Hindi चीता cītā, derived from Sanskrit word chitraka meaning "speckled") (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is now also known as the Iranian Cheetah, as the world's last few are known to survive mostly in Iran. Although recently presumed to be extinct in India, it is also known as the Indian Cheetah. During British colonial times in India it was famous by the name of Hunting-Leopard, a name derived from the ones that were kept in captivity in large numbers by the Indian royalty to hunt wild antelopes with.
![[The last three Asiatic Cheetahs recorded from India were shot down by Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo in...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Maharajah_Ramanuj_Pratap_Singh_Deo_with_cheetah_kill_1948_BNHS_s.jpg "The last three Asiatic Cheetahs recorded from India were shot down by Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo in...")
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![[Asiatic Cheetah cubs at India, 1897.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CheetahCubs_s.jpg "Asiatic Cheetah cubs at India, 1897.")
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![[Cheetah cubs with dog (India, 1897).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AsiaticCheetahCubs_s.jpg "Cheetah cubs with dog (India, 1897).")
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![[Portrait of an Asiatic Cheetah at India]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AsiaticCheetah_s.jpg "Portrait of an Asiatic Cheetah at India")
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![[Bedouin hunter with a shot Asiatic Cheetah and cub, Iraq, 1925]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fahd_s.jpg "Bedouin hunter with a shot Asiatic Cheetah and cub, Iraq, 1925")
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