猎豹（学名：Acinonyx jubatus）,又称印度豹,是猫科动物的一种,也是猎豹属下唯一的物种,现在主要分布在非洲与西亚.同其它猫科动物不同,猎豹依靠速度来捕猎,而非偷袭或群体攻击.猎豹是陆上奔跑最快的动物,全速奔驰的猎豹,时速可以超过110公里,相当于百米世界冠军的三倍快.猎豹不仅是陆地上速度最快的动物,也是猫科动物成员中历史最久,最独特和特异化的品种.
猎豹的猎物主要是中小型有蹄类动物,包括汤姆森瞪羚、葛氏瞪羚、黑斑羚和小角马等.为了速度,猎豹渐渐进化的身材修长,腰部很细,爪子也无法象其他猫科动物那样随意伸缩,在力量方面也不及其他大型猎食动物,因此无法和其他大型猎食动物如狮子,鬣狗等对抗,虽然捕猎成功率能达到50%以上,但辛苦捕来的猎物经常被更强的掠食者抢走,因此猎豹会加快进食速度,或者把食物带到树上.
猎豹的外形
猎豹扑食猎豹的外形和它们其他多数的猫科动物远亲不怎么相象.它们的头比较小,鼻子两边各有一条明显的黑色条纹从眼角处一直延伸到嘴边,如同两条泪痕）,这两条黑纹有利于吸收阳光,从而使视野更加开阔.它们的身材修长,体形精瘦,身长约140－220cm,高度约75－85cm.它们的四肢也很长,还有一条长尾巴.猎豹的毛发呈浅金色,上面点缀着黑色的实心圆形斑点,背上还长有一条像鬃毛一样的毛发（有些种类的猎豹背上的深色“鬃毛”相当明显,而身上的斑点比较大,像一条条短的条纹,这种猎豹被称之为“王猎豹”.王猎豹曾被认为是一个独立亚种,但后来经研究发现,它们独特而美丽的花纹只是基因突变的产物）.猎豹的爪子有些类似狗爪,因为它们不能像其他猫科动物一样把爪子完全收回肉垫里,而是只能收回一半. 猎豹的躯干长是1米到1.5米、尾长是0.6米到0.8米、肩高是0.7到0.9米、体重一般是50公斤.雄猎豹的体型略微大于雌猎豹,猎豹背部的颜色是淡黄色.它腹部的颜色比较浅,通常是白色的.它全身都有黑色的斑点,从嘴角到眼角有一道黑色的条纹,这个条纹就是我们用来区别猎豹与豹的一个特征.
猎豹的生活
猎豹捕食猎豹的生活比较有规律,通常是日出而作,日落而息.一般是早晨五点钟前后开始外出觅食,它行走的时候比较警觉,不时停下来东张西望,看看有没有可以捕食的猎物.另外一点的话,它也防止其他的猛兽捕食它.它一般是午间休息,午睡的时候,它每隔6分钟起来,就要起来查看一下,看看周围有什么危险.一般来说的话,猎豹每一次只捕杀一只猎物,每一天行走的距离就是大概五公里、最多走十多公里.虽然它善跑,但是它行走距离并不远.猎豹是目前世界上在陆地上奔跑得最快的动物,它的时速可以达到115公里.如果人类的短跑世界冠军和猎豹进行百米比赛的话,猎豹可以让这个世界冠军先跑60米,最后到达终点的是猎豹,而不是这个短跑世界冠军.它为什么跑这么快呢?与它的身体结构有关,一个是它的腿长,身体很瘦.再一个猎豹的脊椎骨十分柔软,容易弯曲,像一根大弹簧一样.就是它跑起来的时候,大家可以看,它前肢和后肢都在用力,而且身体也在奔跑中间一起一伏,所以跑得非常快.猎豹在奔跑的时候,由于追捕羚羊的需要,在急转弯时,它那条大尾巴就起了平衡的作用,不至于摔倒.
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus) : (name, say again cheetahs, is a kind of cats, is the only species under the cheetah, now is mainly distributed in the Africa and Asia. With the other cats, cheetahs rely on speed to hunt, rather than sneak attack or groups. The cheetah is the fastest land animal, rolling speed can exceed the cheetah, 110 kilometers, equivalent to 100 metres world champion three times faster. The cheetah is not only the fastest land animal in cats, and the oldest members, the most unique and special varieties of alienation.
The cheetah is mainly YouTiLei small prey animals, including Thomson gazelle, GeShi gazelle, impalas and small wildebeest, etc. In order to speed, cheetahs, gradually evolved slender waist fine claws can like other cats, in force at that also telescopic than other large hunting animals, so cannot and other large hunting animals such as lions and hyenas, although such success against hunting can reach more than 50%, but hard to catch prey is often stronger predators, therefore the cheetah can accelerate the speed, or eating food into a tree.
Cheetah appearance
Cheetah predatory cheetah appearance and their other most distant don't like cats. Their relatively small head, a nose on each side of the black stripes significantly extends from the corner in mouth, as two traces of these two black lines), to absorb sunlight, thereby more open vision. Their slender figure lean, height, about 140-220cm, height about 75-85cm. Their legs were very long, and a long tail. The cheetah is shallow golden hair, dotted with black spots on the solid round, there also like a mane of hair (some species like the cheetah back brunet mane is quite obvious, and the spots is larger, like a short stripe, this is called "the king cheetah cheetahs." the king cheetah was considered a separate subspecies, but later studies found that their unique and beautiful decorative pattern is product of genetic mutations. The cheetah is somewhat similar to the paw paw dog, because they didn't like other cats like to withdraw the pads claws completely, but can only take half. The cheetah is 1 meter long trunk to 1.5 meters, long tail was 0.6 meters to 0.8 meters high, shoulder is 0.7 to 0.9 meters, the weight is generally 50 kg. Males than females size slightly the cheetah cheetahs, cheetahs back color is yellow. It is the abdomen, usually lighter color is white. It is a black spots, from the mouth to the eye has a black stripes, the stripe is we used to distinguish the cheetah and a leopard.
Cheetah life
The cheetah is the predator cheetahs live there, and is usually the sunrise, whether. Before five o 'clock in the morning is usually go foraging, it began to walk, when compared to alert and see if it can look on its prey. Additionally, it also prevents other beast of prey. It is commonly at lunch, afternoon nap time, it every six minutes to check it up, what is dangerous, look around. Generally speaking, the cheetah every game, only kill a walk every day is about five kilometers from more than 10 kilometers, go up. Although it ShanPao walking distance, but it's not far. The cheetah is currently running on land in the world's fastest animal, it can achieve 115 kilometers per hour. If the human world champion and cheetahs dash to 100 meters race, cheetahs can let the world champion ran 60 meters, the final destination is not the cheetahs, dash champion of the world. Why does it run so fast? With its physical structure, it is one of the long legs, the body is very thin. Then a cheetah is very soft, the spine to bend, like a big spring. It is, everyone can see, it all in hard fore and hind legs, but also in the middle YiQiYiFu run, so it can run very fast. Cheetah, because in the running of the antelope, chasing a sharp turn, it is the large tail plays a role, not the balance.