Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub, native to Africa

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia

Stephen Belcher / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Namibia

Winfried Wisniewski / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother with five cubs on a termite mound, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub portrait, Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and eight to nine week old cubs, Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male lying on back, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya

ZSSD / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in mid-stride, sequence 1 of 3

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) portrait of adult female, resting but alert, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) adult female, with her cubs resting on termite mound, evening, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Chase Dekker / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female on termite mound, Masai Mara, Kenya