Giant ancient cheetah pegged as super-predatCheetahs might have been the bloodiest killers at one of the oldest known sites for humans, leaving behind more carcasses than any other predator there ...

The researchers also found that the extinct giant cheetahs had some remarkable similarities to modern African cheetahs. For example, the arrangement of the giant cheetahs' teeth and the bony space ...

The cat’s skull shape more closely resembled that of a cougar than the more specialized short, deep form of today’s cheetah. In short, the giant cheetah had a skull more like that of other ...

"The fossil record of cheetahs in eastern Asia is notably scarce and predominantly fragmented." Fossils of the giant cheetah - part of a lower jawbone - were first discovered in 1925. The ...

Vekua. Despite the fact that few people outside of paleontology circles have heard of giant Pleistocene cheetahs, though, the cat in question is not a newly-discovered species. Known as Acinonyx ...

Vekua. Despite the fact that few people outside of paleontology circles have heard of giant Pleistocene cheetahs, though, the cat in question is not a newly-discovered species. Known as Acinonyx ...