Will they survive? Alarming circumstances of Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) in Iran's drylands
Atie Taktehrani, Mahsa Shah Hosseini, Navid Gholikhani, Kaveh Hobeali, Mohammad Hossein Karimi, Negin Samadzadeh, Hamed Abolghasemi, Ali Ranjbaran, Ahmad Radman, Ahmad Safarzadeh, Morteza Pourmirzai, Mohammad S. Farhadinia
The paper assesses the survival of Asiatic cheetahs in Iran's drylands using camera trap data and social media records, finding low cub survival and genetic threats.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2025 · PreprintEcology