vs Cheetah

Alcanivorax venustensis compared with Acinonyx jubatus

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Cheetah is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Cheetah
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Proteobacteria (變形菌門)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Gammaproteobacteria (γ-变形菌纲)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Pseudomonadales (假单胞菌目)	Carnivora (食肉目)
Family	Alcanivoracaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Alcanivorax	Acinonyx (Cheetahs)
Species	Alcanivorax venustensis	Acinonyx jubatus

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

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 Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.

美丽食烷菌（Alcanivorax venustensis）是食烷菌科中的一种海洋伽马变形菌，专门以石油烃类为碳源，在海洋生物修复中具有重要价值。该物种广泛分布于富含烃类的海洋环境中，能够高效降解多种链烷烃。其代谢机制的研究为开发海洋石油污染生物修复技术提供了科学依据。