See soorce fer Acinonyx

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{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = 
| image = Cheetah Botswana.jpg
| image_caption = ''Acinonyx jubatus''
| authority = [[Joshua Brookes|Brookes]], 1828
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''See text''
| range_map =Cheetah_range_-_2.png
| range_map_caption = range o the ane extant species, ''A. jubatus''
| synonyms = <small>
''Acinomyx'' de Beaumont, 1964<br/>
''Cynaelurus'' Gloger, 1841<br/>
''Cynailurus'' Wagner, 1830<br/>
''Cynofelis'' Lesson, 1842<br/>
''Guepar'' Boitard, 1842<br/>
''Gueparda'' Gray, 1843<br/>
''Guepardus'' Duvernoy, 1834<br/>
''Paracinonyx'' [[Miklós Kretzoi|Kretzoi]], 1929
| authority = Brookes, 1828}}

'''''Acinonyx''''' is a [[genus]] o [[mammal]]s frae the [[faimily (biology)|faimily]] [[Felidae]]. It is currently distributit in [[Africae]] an [[Asie]], but at ane time wis present in [[Europe]] an aa. The [[cheetah]] is the anly livin species in the genus. Wozencraft (1993) put the genus ''Acinonyx'' in thair ain [[Monophyly|monophyletic]] [[Faimily (biology)|subfaimily]], [[Acinonychinae]]. Salles (1992), Johnson & O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), an Mattern an McLennan (2000) consider ''Acinonyx'', ''[[Cougar|Puma concolor]]'', an [[Jaguarundi|''Puma'' (= ''Herpailurus'') ''yagouaroundi'']] as representatives o closely relatit sister groups.

==Species==
* ''Acinonyx aicha'' <small>Geraads, 1997</small> [[Extinction|†]]
* ''Acinonyx intermedius'' <small>Thenius, 1954</small> [[Extinction|†]]
* ''[[Cheetah|Acinonyx jubatus]]'' <small>Schreber, 1775</small>&nbsp;– cheetah
* "''[[Acinonyx kurteni]]''" <small>Christiansen and Mazák, 2008</small><ref name=Christiansen2008>{{cite journal | last1 = Christiansen | first1 = P. | last2 = Mazak | first2 = J. H. | title = A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah lineage | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 106 | pages = 512–5 | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0810435106 | pmid=19114651 | issue=2 | pmc=2626734}}</ref> [[Extinction|†]] (na langer a valid species, probably fraudulent)<ref>{{Cite web
 | last = Knevitt | first = Oliver
 | title = 5 Greatest Palaeontology Fakes Of All Time #5: The Linxia Cheetah
 | publisher = Science 2.0 | date = January 9, 2011
 | url = http://www.science20.com/between_death_and_data/5_greatest_palaeontology_fakes_all_time_5_linxia_cheetah
 | access-date = January 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author = Mazák JH| title = Retraction for Christiansen and Mazák, A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah lineage | journal = Proc Natl Acad Sci USA | volume = 109 | issue = 37 | pages = 15072 | year = 2012 |pmid= 22908293| doi = 10.1073/pnas.1211510109}}</ref>
* ''[[Acinonyx pardinensis]]'' <small>Croizet e Joubert, 1828</small>&nbsp;- Giant cheetah [[Extinction|†]]

==References==
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==Freemit airtins==
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