Asiatic cheetahs once roamed across Central Asia from the Middle East to Russia, but now have been spotted only in Iran, according to the International Society for Endangered Cats Canada.

Iran's Asiatic cheetahs are in "dire" risk of extinction, with just 12 known individuals remaining in the wild. The Iranaian Cheetah Society, a nonprofit conservation group that provides data on ...

There are now only 12 Asiatic cheetahs estimated to be left in the wild, the Iranian Cheetah Society noted in a news release. However, this number does not include cubs, the organization added.

Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world's critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back from the verge of extinction in its last remaining refuge.

Asiatic cheetahs used to roam Russia, India, and the Middle East, but now only remain in Iran after hunting, habitat loss, and lack of prey decimated the subspecies' population ...

Asiatic cheetahs once lived across the grasslands of India, Pakistan, Russia, and the Middle East, but have been entirely wiped out except in Iran.

In 1994, an Asiatic cheetah and her three cubs came looking for food and water in Bafgh, a town in southeast Iran. Confronted by startled residents, the mother fled and two cubs were killed.

The need for conservation of Asiatic cheetahs Date: January 17, 2011 Source: Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien Summary: The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of ...

A female Asiatic Cheetah named 'Dalbar' in Pardisan Park in Tehran, Iran on October 10, 2017. Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty With fewer than 50 Asiatic cheetahs left in Iran, and the United Nations pulling ...

Asiatic cheetahs, however, are slightly smaller, and their coats a lighter shade. But those small distinctions mask fundamental questions about what defines a native species and whether one ...

The Asiatic cheetah is critically endangered, so Iran’s government is working to protect and breed the animals in captivity.