Acinonyx Brookes 1828

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 532

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scientific name	Acinonyx Brookes 1828
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Acinonyx Brookes 1828 , Cat. Anat. Zool. Mus. Joshua Brookes, London: 16.

Type Species: Acinonyx venator Brookes 1828

Synonyms: Acinomyx de Beaumont 1964 ; Cynaelurus Gloger 1841 ; Cynailurus Wagner 1830 ; Cynofelis Lesson 1842 ; Guepar Boitard 1842 ; Gueparda Gray 1843 ; Guepardus Duvernoy 1834 ; Paracinonyx Kretzoi 1929 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 6 subspecies:

Species Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber 1775)

Subspecies Acinonyx jubatus subsp. jubatus Schreber 1775

Subspecies Acinonyx jubatus subsp. hecki Hilzheimer 1913

Subspecies Acinonyx jubatus subsp. raineyi Heller 1913

Subspecies Acinonyx jubatus subsp. soemmeringii Fitzinger 1855

Subspecies Acinonyx jubatus subsp. velox Heller 1913

Subspecies Acinonyx jubatus subsp. venaticus Griffith 1821

Discussion: Wozencraft (1993) placed Acinonyx in the monophyletic subfamily Acinonychinae . Salles (1992), Johnson and O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) considered Acinonyx , Puma concolor , and Puma (= Herpailurus ) yagouaroundi to represent close sister groups. Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997).