Acinonyx Brookes 1828 (cheetah)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 41046
Parent taxon: Felinae according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Caracal, Catopuma, Felini, Felis, Herpailurus, Leopardus, Leptailurus, Lynx, Neofelis, Otocolobus, Panthera, Pardofelis, Pratifelis, Prionailurus, Pristifelis, Puma, Sivapanthera, Styriofelis
Subtaxa: Acinonyx aicha, Acinonyx jubatus, Acinonyx pardinensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore