Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats Subfamily Acinonychinae Pocock, 1917 see Subfamily Felinae Batsch, 1788 Genus Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 - cheetah 1 Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) - cheetah