Critically Endangered Cheetahs In Algeria Snapped With Camera Trap

Friday, February 27, 2009 - 09:22 in Biology & Nature

A survey of the Sahara has captured the first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Saharan cheetah in Algeria. Overall, the survey identified four different Saharan cheetahs --- a subspecies of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) --- using spot patterns unique to each individual.

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