Biology/What is the difference between a leopard and a cheetah?
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What is the difference between cheetah and leopard?
Dear Pein,
They are entirely different species, and even members of different genera. The cheetah (Acionyx jubatus) is built for chasing down prey, while the leopard (Panthera pardus) is an ambush predator with great muscular power.
For more information on these species, a simple Google search will yield a lot more differences, like so:
http://tinyurl.com/2v8ur7g
Hope this helps.
Dana
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Dana Krempels, Ph.D.
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