Modern weights and morphometric measurements of the cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus)

[Acinonyx sp.]

Average external measurements (in mm) of 10 free-living male (mean :t SD) and 7 female A. jubatus from Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, respectively, are: length of nose to anus, 123.3 :t 60, 135.3 :t 28.2; length of tail, 68.3 :t 2.3, 63 .6 :t 4.9; length of hind foot, 28.0 :t 1.4, 27.1 :t 0.7; body mass (kg), 42.3 :t 5.6, 37.9 :t 4.8 (Caro et al. 1987). Shoulder height ranges from 700 to 900 mm (Nowak 1999). Average cranial measurements with parenthetical sample sizes (in mm) for males and females, respectively, are: width of incisors, 9.9 (6), 9.6 (5); width of incisors plus canines, 26.4 (11), 25.2 (8); width of nasa ls, 15.8 (11), 15.9 (8); width of maxilla, 4 1.2 (11), 39.4 (7); width of zygomatic arch, 60.0 (11), 56.5 (6); bullar length , 2.71 (10), 2.59 (8); bullar width , 1.71 (10), 1.62 (8); depth of skull, 6.86 (10), 6.48 (8); length of upper toothrow, 5.08 (11), 5.03 (7); length of mandible, 12.21 (10), 11.35 (8); and length of lower toothrow, 6.11 (9), 5.98 (8).

From Acinonyx Jubatus, Mammalian species quoted from Caro 1987 Reply