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Acinonyx
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Translingual
right|thumb|Acinonyx jubatus
Etymology
From mul grc:ἀ-<t:not> grc:κινέω<t:I move> grc:ὄνυξ<t:claw>, referring to their immobile claws unlike every other felid. mul Q1232316 1828.
Proper noun
m 1
genus family Felidae cheetahs
Hypernyms
genus ; Felinae subfamily - subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Acinonyx jubatus species sole extant species
†Acinonyx aicha species, †Acinonyx intermedius species, †Acinonyx pardinensis species extinct species
Acinonyx kurteni discredited as composite fossil, name invalidated
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