vs Cheetah

Bacidia absistens compared with Acinonyx jubatus

Key Differences

is Near Threatened while Cheetah is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Cheetah
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Ascomycota (子嚢菌門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (チャシブゴケ菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Lecanorales (チャシブゴケ目)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Ramalinaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Bacidia	Acinonyx (Cheetahs)
Species	Bacidia absistens	Acinonyx jubatus

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

Cheetah

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~6.7K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Cheetah
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	12 years
Average Length	—	1.5 m
Average Weight	—	50.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Cheetah

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Botswana, Iran, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

バチジア・アブシステンス（Bacidia absistens）は湿潤な温帯林の樹皮や岩面に着生する薄い灰緑色の痂状地衣類で、小型の暗色子嚢盤を形成する。森林の長い生態的継続性の指標種とされており、大気汚染・生育地の攪乱への感受性が高い。IUCNレッドリストでは準絶滅危惧（NT）に分類されており、古い落葉樹林の保護・管理が本種の保全において最重要課題となっている。

Cheetah

地球上で最も速い陸上動物で、アフリカとイランの草原において短距離走で時速112kmに達する。深い胸部、長い脚、独特の黒い涙縞模様を持つ細身の体型が特徴だ。他の大型ネコ科動物とは異なり、チーターはチャープ音やパー音で鳴く。生息地の分断と大型捕食者との競争により、残存個体数は約7,000頭のみとなっており、危急種に分類されている。