Acinonyx

taxobox
name = "Acinonyx"
fossil_range = Pliocene - Recent

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image_caption = "Acinonyx jubatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Felidae
genus = "Acinonyx"
genus_authority = Brookes, 1828
subdivision_name = Species
subdivision =
*"Acinonyx jubatus" Schreber, 1775
*"Acinonyx pardinensis" Croizet e Joubert, 1928
*"Acinonyx aicha" Geraads, 1997
*"Acinonyx intermedius" Thenius, 1954
synonyms = "Acinomyx" de Beaumont, 1964 "Cynaelurus" Gloger, 1841 "Cynailurus" Wagner, 1830 "Cynofelis" Lesson, 1842 "Guepar" Boitard, 1842 "Gueparda" Gray, 1843 "Guepardus" Duvernoy, 1834 "Paracinonyx" Kretzoi, 1929

"Acinonyx" is a genus of mammals from the family Felidae. It is currently distributed in Africa and Asia, but used to be present in Europe too. Wozencraft (1993) put the genus "Acinonyx" in their own monophyletic subfamily, Acinonychinae. Salles (1992), Johnson & O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) consider "Acinonyx", "Puma concolor", and "Puma" (= "Herpailurus") "yagouaroundi" as representatives of closely related sister groups.