Saharan Cheetah (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Saharan Cheetah (1 of 2)

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Researchers who conducted the first systematic camera trap survey of the central Sahara identified four Saharan cheetahs from photographs, specifically by the spot patterns unique to each individual cat.

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Farid Belbachir/ZSL/OPNA

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