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Cheetahs of Greater Kruger
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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.
The female featured in Londolozis latest video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRw60i8_zsk&t=386s  *This image is copyright of its original author The same female down in Sabi Sabi with her cub Photos by Ronald Mutero  *This image is copyright of its original author Looks like her cub has an eye injury Photos by Erin Herbst & Yolanda Reigadas  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
The same female again in April this year with her previous litter, these two sub-adults presumably dispersed
Photo by Ranger Nic Nel  *This image is copyright of its original author
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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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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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!
Two cheetahs, possibly siblings, seen in Manyeleti Game Reserve.
Credit: Vestment Mfumo Machavi  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
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  *This image is copyright of its original author Taxonomy All cheetahs in KNP and around belong to the subspecies acinonyx jubatus jubatus (South-african cheetah) Interspecific conflict Interspecific conflict in KNP: Click Click Intraspecific Conflict Cheetah interacting with: Leopard Serval Hyena African wild dog in KNP Also nice images and thread idea Tonpa and lionuk.
Another female in MalaMala
Photo by Legend Safaris  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
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  *This image is copyright of its original author One more picture of the same subadults with their mum in the back. Credit: Adel Van der Merwe  *This image is copyright of its original author
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.  *This image is copyright of its original author
A new picture of a cheetah posing in Kruger
Credit: Wildlife Photographer  *This image is copyright of its original author
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