Cheetah

CHEETAH. Mamm. type of carnivore of the large family of cats. The cheetah (felis jubata, Schreb;), also called hunting leopard or maned leopard, lives in Southern Asia and Africa. It looks like an enormous cat; but it is open to education, like the dog. Its coat, of a light fawn, yellow color, is covered with round and black spots. it is one meter long. It has the cat’s strength, suppleness and powerful jaws; but it has neither its sharp claws, nor its wild temper; its hair is curly like that of the dog.

Extract from the Trousset encyclopedia, 1886 – 1891.