Primary Literature
A special thanks to amazing Roxane who managed to capture majority of these beautiful pictures on her camera while we were in South Africa. Truly a special and unforgetable moment that I'll never forget.
Grey Literature
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• Hussain Biology. “Physiology & Biochemistry of Cheetah.” YouTube, YouTube, 20 Mar. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_VkTNnOYT8.
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• Miller, Greg. “ JOURNAL ARTICLE On the Origin of the Nervous System.” Jstor, 3 July 2009, www-jstor-org.jpllnet.sfsu.edu/stable/pdf/20536530.pdf?ab_segments=0/SYC-5878/control&refreqid=excelsior:ff6030aff3f8b3b0c486867dfbc083ea.
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• Hudson, P.E., Corr, S.A., Payne-Davis, R.C., Clancy, S.N., Lane, E. and Wilson, A.M. (2011), Functional anatomy of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hindlimb. Journal of Anatomy, 218: 363-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01310.x
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• MetroRichmondZoo. YouTube, YouTube, 22 Sept. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cYcPMfSmD4.
• National Geographic Society. “Cheetahs: On the Brink of Extinction, Again.” National Geographic Society, 23 Aug. 2019, www.nationalgeographic.org/article/cheetahs-brink-extinction-again/.
• Howard, M., M. Hofmeyer, J. O’Brien, and G. Kerley. 2006. Prey
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• Johnston, Britney. “The Endangerment and Conservation of Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus), Leopards (Panthera Pardus), Lions (Panthera Leo), and Tigers (Panthera Tigris) in Africa and Asia.” Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Stanislaus, 17 Apr. 2018, www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/groups/University Honors Program/Journals/09_johnston.pdf.
• Leemans, Dhana. “Diet of the Cheetah and Function of Its Digestive System.” GHENT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Academic Year 2014-2015, libstore.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/002/216/163/RUG01-002216163_2015_0001_AC.pdf.
• Markwell, P.J., and K.E. Earle. “Taurine: An Essential Nutrient for the Cat. A Brief Review of the Biochemistry of Its Requirement and the Clinical Consequences of Deficiency.” Nutrition Research, Elsevier, 23 Dec. 1999, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/027153179591652S.
• Markwell, P.J., and K.E. Earle. “Taurine: An Essential Nutrient for the Cat. A Brief Review of the Biochemistry of Its Requirement and the Clinical Consequences of Deficiency.” Nutrition Research, Elsevier, 23 Dec. 1999, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/027153179591652S.
• Miller, Greg. “On the Origin of the Nervous System.” Science, vol. 325, no. 5936, 2009, pp. 24–26. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20536530. Accessed 20 May 2021.
• Nguyen VT, Uchida R, Warling A, et al. Comparative neocortical neuromorphology in felids: African lion, African leopard, and cheetah. J Comp Neurol. 2019;1–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24823
• Hudson, Penny E, Sandra A Corr, and Alan M Wilson. "High Speed Galloping in the Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus) and the Racing Greyhound (Canis Familiaris): Spatio-temporal and Kinetic Characteristics." Journal of Experimental Biology. 215.Pt 14: 2425-434. Web.
• Hudson, P.E., Corr, S.A., Payne-Davis, R.C., Clancy, S.N., Lane, E. and Wilson, A.M. (2011), Functional anatomy of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hindlimb. Journal of Anatomy, 218: 363-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01310.x
• Kelly, M.J., Laurenson, M.K., FitzGibbon, C.D., Collins, D.A., Durant, S.M., Frame, G.W., Bertram, B.C. and Caro, T.M. (1998), Demography of the Serengeti cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) population: the first 25 years. Journal of Zoology, 244: 473-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00053.x
• Spoor, Fred, et al. “The Primate Semicircular Canal System and Locomotion.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 104, no. 26, 2007, pp. 10808–10812. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25436020. Accessed 21 May 2021.
• Ahnelt, et al. “Adaptive Design In Retinal Cone Topographies of the Cheetah and Other Felids.” Researchgate, www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Ahnelt/publication/264402644_Adaptive_Design_in_Felid_Retinal_Cone_Topographies/links/595510c7aca2729e74bc1d1b/Adaptive-Design-in-Felid-Retinal-Cone-Topographies.pdf.
• Ofri, Ron, et al. “Feline Central Retinal Degeneration in Captive Cheetahs (Acinonyx Jubatus).” Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, vol. 27, no. 1, 1996, pp. 101–108. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20095551. Accessed 22 May 2021.
• Hunter, J. S., et al. “To Flee or Not to Flee: Predator Avoidance by Cheetahs at Kills.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61, no. 7, 2007, pp. 1033–1042. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27823477. Accessed 22 May 2021.
• Menotti-Raymond, Marilyn, and Stephen J. O'Brien. “Dating the Genetic Bottleneck of the African Cheetah.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 90, no. 8, 1993, pp. 3172–3176. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2361705. Accessed 22 May 2021.
• Lacy, Robert C. “Loss of Genetic Diversity from Managed Populations: Interacting Effects of Drift, Mutation, Immigration, Selection, and Population Subdivision.” Conservation Biology, vol. 1, no. 2, 1987, pp. 143–158. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2385830. Accessed 22 May 2021.
• McMahon, Brian R., and Louis E. Burnett. “The Crustacean Open Circulatory System: A Reexamination.” Physiological Zoology, vol. 63, no. 1, 1990, pp. 35–71. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30158153. Accessed 22 May 2021.
• Loscher, David M., et al. “Timing of Head Movements Is Consistent with Energy Minimization in Walking Ungulates.” Proceedings: Biological Sciences, vol. 283, no. 1843, 2016, pp. 1–9. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26159253. Accessed 22 May 2021.