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Kingdom   Animal
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Class   Mammal
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Species   Cheetah
 
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Date Updated   Thu Sep 12 08:13:16 2013
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Cheetah Facts & Trivia for kids
- The cheetah can go from 0 to 45 MPH in 2.5 seconds.
- The Cheetah is the fastest land mammal.
- Cheetahs are felines.
- Cheetahs live in Africa and parts of Asia.
- Cheetahs have great eye sight, which helps them hunt.
- Cheetahs can only run quickly in short bursts.
- Cheetahs have semi-retractable claws, a trait found in only three other cats.
- Cheetahs cannot roar.
- Cheetahs like to live in open areas like praries or savannahs, but they can also be found in forests and mountains.
- Because they're smaller than most predators, cheetahs often lose thier meals to other animals.
- Throughout history, cheetahs have often been tamed and used for hunting.
- Cheetahs lived in India for a very long time before going extinct there in the 1940s.
- The flexing and snaping back of a Cheetah's spine helps it gain speed.
- Cheetahs often eat their capture prey in a hurry before larger animals and scavengers arrive.
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