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Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 12-28-2021

I've been loosely following the Cheetahs of the Sabi Sands, KNP and other private connected reserves and felt it would be nice to have somewhere to document and follow them on the forum!

I was initially going to make a cheetahs of Sabi Sands thread but since there's probably less then 5 Cheetah in the Sabi Sands at any one time I figured I'd do the whole open system.

RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 12-28-2021

The female featured in Londolozis latest video 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRw60i8_zsk&t=386s


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The same female down in Sabi Sabi with her cub 
Photos by Ronald Mutero 

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Looks like her cub has an eye injury 
Photos by Erin Herbst & Yolanda Reigadas

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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 12-28-2021

The same female again in April this year with her previous litter, these two sub-adults presumably dispersed 
Photo by Ranger Nic Nel 


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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 12-28-2021

MalaMala video showing the same female and her cub, this female seems to be the most sighted female across the Sabi Sands. She travels all the way from Savanna to MalaMala and all the way down to Sabi Sabi. 






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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 12-29-2021

A male by Sabi Sabi Game Reserve and Savanna Game Reserve, possibly the dominant male of the Sabi Sands and father of the above females litters 

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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - lionuk - 12-30-2021

@Tonpa That's great, because I've also been loosely following the cheetahs of the Sabi Sands, KNP and other private connected reserves for around 1.5 years now. I just find that kind of cat fascinating. Hopefully this will be a popular thread with many posts coming. 

RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 12-30-2021

Yeah that'd be awesome, there's not that many Cheetah in the Greater Kruger so it would be nice to map a decent amount of them!

RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 12-30-2021

The same male (might just call him the Sabi Sands Male or the Western Sector Male?) uploaded yesterday by a guest at Dulini
Photo by  tyronewraight

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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - lionuk - 12-30-2021

Two cheetahs, possibly siblings, seen in Manyeleti Game Reserve. 
Credit: Vestment Mfumo Machavi


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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Acinonyx sp. - 01-01-2022

Predation
The preferred prey of cheetahs in KNP is impala and nyala (Mills et al 2004).

Morphology
There are not measurements or weights on cheetahs in KNP but we can infer something out of this

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Taxonomy
All cheetahs in KNP and around belong to the subspecies acinonyx jubatus jubatus (South-african cheetah)

Interspecific conflict
Interspecific conflict in KNP:
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Intraspecific Conflict
Cheetah interacting with:
Leopard
Serval
Hyena
African wild dog
in KNP

Also nice images and thread idea Tonpa and lionuk.

RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 01-01-2022

A funny Cheetah and Jackal interaction - Filmed near Crocodile Bridge 






RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - Tonpa - 01-02-2022

Another female in MalaMala
Photo by Legend Safaris


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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - lionuk - 01-04-2022

There's a particular cheetah known as "Cheetah Supermom", a resident of Crocodile Bridge area. She has an incredible track record of raising many of her cubs to adulthood in the heart of lion territory. In other words, she probably is largely responsible for cheetah population in Kruger. Amazing!
Credit: Kirstyds. Supermom in the middle with her 4 subadult cubs in 2019


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One more picture of the same subadults with their mum in the back. 
Credit: Adel Van der Merwe

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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - lionuk - 01-04-2022

Cheetah "Supermom" currently has 5 subadults, all ready to be dispersed, if not already. 
Credit: Wildlife Photographer

Three of the five subadults shown here, pictured 3 months' ago. Two others along with Supermom were lagging behind. 


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RE: Cheetahs of Greater Kruger - lionuk - 01-05-2022

A new picture of a cheetah posing in Kruger
Credit: Wildlife Photographer


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