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| Aulagnier, S.; Thevenot, M. | |
| Catalog of wild mammals of Morocco | |
| 1986 Full Book | |
In this checklist of wild mammals of Morocco, the author provides a description of the cheetah, its habits and distribution. Very uncommon in Arabian Peninsula, cheetah would only survive in Africa in open habitats between 20ø North and 28ø South. Because the last reports of cheetah sighting were made in the 1970's and were limited to the northern limits of their range (cheetah cubs found in a cave near Oued Draa mouth; several observations in Jbel Ouarkziz reported by nomads between 1970 and 1975; captive gazelle would have been attacked by a cheetah in 1974 in Sequiat el Hamra), he considered cheetah survival in Morocco as hypothetical. The author also reported that Ortoli brought to the Rabat Museum a cheetah skin sample found in 1923 near Figuig. Dans cette liste des mammifŠres sauvages du Maroc, l'auteur d‚crit le gu‚pard, son habitat et sa r‚partition. TrŠs rare dans la P‚ninsule Arabique, le gu‚pard survivrait uniquement en Afrique dans des habitats ouverts entre le 20e de latitude nord et le 28e de latitude sud. Comme les derniŠres observations de gu‚pard ont ‚t‚ faites dans les ann‚es 1970 et se limitaient … l'extr‚mit‚ septentrionale de leurs aires de r‚partition (petits gu‚pard trouv‚s dans une grotte prŠs de l'embouchure de Oued Draa, plusieurs observations rapport‚es par des nomades dans le Jbel Ouarkziz entre 1970 et 1975, des gazelles captives auraient ‚t‚ attaqu‚es par un gu‚pard en 1974 dans le Sequiat el Hamra), il considŠre que la survie du gu‚pard au Maroc est hypoth‚tique. L'auteur rapporte ‚galement que Ortoli a rapport‚ du Mus‚um de Rabat un ‚chantillon de peau de gu‚pard trouv‚ en 1923 prŠs de Figuig. |
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