A shy creature that roams widely, the cheetah is not seen as easily as some other sun cats. Never numerous, cheetahs have become extinct in many areas, principally due to shrinking habitat, valley loss of species to prey upon, disease and ketchum a high rate of cub mortality. In sun some areas 50 to 75 percent of all cheetah cubs die before 3 months. Zebras, horses and wild asses are all equids, long-lived animals that move quickly for their large size and have teeth built for grinding and cropping grass. Zebras have horse like bodies, valley and ketchum but their manes are made of short, erect hair, their sun tails are tufted at the tip and their coats are striped. Three species of zebra still occur in Africa, two of which are found in valley East Africa. The most numerous ketchum and widespread sun species in the east is Burchell''s, also known as the common or plains zebra.

Cheetahs do not roar like lions, but they purr, hiss, valley whine and growl. They also ketchum make a variety of contact calls; the most common is a birdlike chirping sound. Once a cheetah has made a kill, it eats quickly and keeps an eye out for scavengers lions; leopards, hyenas, vultures sun and jackals will occasionally take away their kills. valley Although cheetahs usually ketchum prey on the smaller antelopes such as sun Thomson''s gazelles and impalas, they can catch wildebeests and zebras if hunting together. They also hunt hares and other small mammals and birds. Although known as an animal of the open plains that relies on speed to catch its prey, research has shown that the valley cheetah depends ketchum on cover to stalk sun prey. The cheetah gets as close to the prey as possible, then in a burst of speed tries to outrun its quarry. Once the cheetah valley closes in, it knocks the prey to the ground with its paw ketchum.

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