Most experts regard the cheetah as extinct in Arabia; the latest record from the north dates from about 1951, with older records near Jebel Tubaiq in north-western Saudi Arabia.
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Most experts regard the cheetah as extinct in Arabia; the latest record from the north dates from about 1951, with older records near Jebel Tubaiq in north-western Saudi Arabia.
Today the cheetah lives mainly in Africa (including Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe), and in Asia in Iran alone; its presence in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Togo is uncertain. It has recently become extinct in countries including Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261001T111918098 · last approved 1 October 2026