Requested: King Cheetah-Racing Stripes by jurvetson on Flickr.
The King Cheetah has a recessive fur pattern mutation. First discovered in Zimbabwe in 1926, this very rare animal has been seen in the wild only 6 times.
About 10K years ago, the population of cheetahs plummeted, perhaps to a single pregnant female worldwide. Modern cheetahs are so genetically similar as to be virtual clones, making this novel coat pattern all the more interesting.
Cheetahs have been my favorite animals my entire life…. not changing
(Source: kingdom-of-animals)
