Mummified cheetahs could help save the critically endangered big cats

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Cheetah mummies found in Arabian caves provide rare genome from a lost population

Preserved by dry, cool air and darkness, the cheetah mummies are offering scientists DNA insights into a lost population and ...

Scientists Discover 2000-Year-Old Mummified Cheetah in an Unexpected Place

A team of researchers from the National Center for Wildlife in Saudi Arabia were exploring the caves near the city of Arar ...
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A sperm bank for cheetahs could one day save the world's fastest land animal from extinction

For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use them. But she worries that the ...
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How a sperm bank for cheetahs might one day save the fastest land animal

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use them.

Mummified cheetahs discovery gives hope for species' Arabic reintroduction

The discovery of seven naturally-mummified cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in caves in northern Saudi Arabia reveals that at ...