Cheetahs, one of the planet's most iconic big cats, should be listed as "endangered", according to scientists who have found evidence of low cheetah population estimates in southern Africa.
A comprehensive assessment of cheetah populations prompted the researchers to support the call for uplisting of cheetahs from "vulnerable" to "endangered" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
The study revealed that only 3,577 adult cheetahs remain in southern Africa. This estimate is 11 percent lower than the IUCN's current assessment.
With partial support from the National Geographic Society, researchers analysed more than two million collared cheetah observations.
Their findings showed that free-ranging cheetahs were present across about 789,700 square kilometres in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe between 2010 and 2016.
"This is the area with the largest population of free- ranging cheetahs left on Earth. Knowing how many cheetahs there are and where they occur is crucial for developing suitable conservation management plans for the species," said Varsha Vijay, from the Duke University in the US.
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