Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats
           Subfamily Felinae Batsch, 1788
             Genus Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 - cheetah
               Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) - cheetah
                 1 [Acinonyx jubatus jubatus] (Schreber, 1775)
                 2 Acinonyx jubatus hecki Hilzheimer, 1913
                 3 Acinonyx jubatus raineyi Heller, 1913
                 4 Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii (Fitzinger, 1855)
                 5 Acinonyx jubatus velox Heller, 1913
                 6 Acinonyx jubatus venaticus (Griffith, 1821)