猎豹的躯干长是1米到1.5米、尾长是0.6米到0.8米、肩高是0.7到0.9米、体重一般是50公斤 。雄猎豹的体型略微大于雌猎豹，猎豹背部的颜色是淡黄色 。
它腹部的颜色比较浅，通常是白色的 。它全身都有黑色的斑点，从嘴角到眼角有一道黑色的条纹，这个条纹就是我们用来区别猎豹与豹的一个特征 。
猎豹的生活 猎豹捕食猎豹的生活比较有规律，通常是日出而作，日落而息 。一般是早晨五点钟前后开始外出觅食，它行走的时候比较警觉，不时停下来东张西望，看看有没有可以捕食的猎物 。
另外一点的话，它也防止其他的猛兽捕食它 。它一般是午间休息，午睡的时候，它每隔6分钟起来，就要起来查看一下，看看周围有什么危险 。
一般来说的话，猎豹每一次只捕杀一只猎物，每一天行走的距离就是大概五公里、最多走十多公里 。虽然它善跑，但是它行走距离并不远 。
猎豹是目前世界上在陆地上奔跑得最快的动物，它的时速可以达到115公里 。如果人类的短跑世界冠军和猎豹进行百米比赛的话，猎豹可以让这个世界冠军先跑60米，最后到达终点的是猎豹，而不是这个短跑世界冠军 。
它为什么跑这么快呢？与它的身体结构有关，一个是它的腿长，身体很瘦 。再一个猎豹的脊椎骨十分柔软，容易弯曲，像一根大弹簧一样 。
就是它跑起来的时候，大家可以看，它前肢和后肢都在用力，而且身体也在奔跑中间一起一伏，所以跑得非常快 。猎豹在奔跑的时候，由于追捕羚羊的需要，在急转弯时，它那条大尾巴就起了平衡的作用，不至于摔倒 。
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus) : (name, say again cheetahs, is a kind of cats, is the only species under the cheetah, now is mainly distributed in the Africa and Asia. With the other cats, cheetahs rely on speed to hunt, rather than sneak attack or groups. The cheetah is the fastest land animal, rolling speed can exceed the cheetah, 110 kilometers, equivalent to 100 metres world champion three times faster. The cheetah is not only the fastest land animal in cats, and the oldest members, the most unique and special varieties of alienation.The cheetah is mainly YouTiLei small prey animals, including Thomson gazelle, GeShi gazelle, impalas and small wildebeest, etc. In order to speed, cheetahs, gradually evolved slender waist fine claws can like other cats, in force at that also telescopic than other large hunting animals, so cannot and other large hunting animals such as lions and hyenas, although such success against hunting can reach more than 50%, but hard to catch prey is often stronger predators, therefore the cheetah can accelerate the speed, or eating food into a tree.Cheetah appearanceCheetah predatory cheetah appearance and their other most distant don't like cats. Their relatively small head, a nose on each side of the black stripes significantly extends from the corner in mouth, as two traces of these two black lines), to absorb sunlight, thereby more open vision. Their slender figure lean, height, about 140-220cm, height about 75-85cm. Their legs were very long, and a long tail. The cheetah is shallow golden hair, dotted with black spots on the solid round, there also like a mane of hair (some species like the cheetah back brunet mane is quite obvious,。
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