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| Mallon, D.P. | |
| Cheetahs in Central Asia: A historical summary | |
| 2007 Cat News (46): 4-7 | |
The historical distribution of the cheetah _Acinonyx jubatus_ extended from Africa through the Arabian Peninsula into Iran and Afghanistan. From there, the range continued eastwards to Pakistan and India, and northeast through Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (Nowell & Jackson 1996). During the Middle Ages, cheetahs also occurred to the west of the Caspian Sea, in Transcaucasia, and according to Vereshchagin (1959) they may have survived in the Kura-Araks lowlands of Azerbaijan until the 18th century. |
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