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Wildlife: Mammals - Cheetah 2/3 Amphibians | Birds | Mammals | Reptiles | Wildlife Acinonyx Jubatus , Cheetah, Jagluiperd, Jagdleopard.
Behaviour However, the cheetah reaches speeds up to 90 kilometres an hour. Thus actually breaking the Kruger National Park traffic regulations. The prey is grapped by grappling with one or both front teeth and strangled with a sustained bite at the troath. Very often the cheetah's canine teeth are too short for the stabbling killing bite performed by other large cats. They have to feed quickly to avoid attention from other large carnivores since they are no match for hyena, lion and leopard opponents. In the Kruger National Park it has been recorded that the cheetah loses 14% of its captured prey to the spotted hyaena. Maybe this is why they hunt during the full day, other predators rest during the day and become active at nightfall. The jakhals will avoid the cheetah since he is no match in speed. The females live solitary, often accompanied by their cubs of up to 18 months old. Females often live in overlapping home ranges but avoid contact with other females. In the Kruger National Park a cheetah will need 100 up to 200 square kilometres to have a sustainable food supply. The cheetah will defend its territory by killing and chasing away pretenders. Males use urine to mark their territory. Females who are ready to made will make this clear by spreading a different smell in their urine. Courtship takes up to two weeks and the female will hide her cubs in dense coverage. The female also moves the nest often to avoid predators from finding the cubs.
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