The cheetah's coat is the same in both sexes (pale yellow, grey or light brown with small round black spots), but males are on average larger than females; cheetahs weigh between 21 and 72 kg.
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Young cheetah cubs have a long, light-coloured woolly mane (grey, white or bluish-grey) covering the head, neck and back, which is thought to make them less conspicuous to predators and is gradually lost by adolescence. The cheetah's claws are weakly retractile, with tips worn from contact with the ground.