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Hunter, L.; Jowkar, H.; Ziaie, H.; Schaller, G.B.; Balme, G.; Walzer, C.; Ostrowski, S.; Zahler, P.; Robert-Charrue, N.; Kashiri, K.; Christie, S.
Conserving the Asiatic cheetah in Iran: Launching the first radio-telemetry study
2007 Cat News (46): 8-11
Popularly considered a wholly African species, the cheetah Acinonyx jubatus once had a distribution that extended across the Middle East and Central Asia, extending north into southern Kazakhstan and east into India. Today outside of Africa, the cheetah has been extirpated from its entire Asiatic range except for a small and critically endangered population in the Islamic Republi of Iran. Estimated at 200 animals in the 1970's, the last Asiatic cheetahs are now thought to number around 60-100 animals restricted to the arid central Iranian plateau (roughly 30- 35§ N, 52-60§ E).To investigate the detailed ecology of the cheetah in Iran, we plan to capture eight cheetahs and fit them with GPS collars.
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