Why do cheetah have fur?

The cheetahs fur helps it blend in . . . for instance take a plastic animal with spots and trow it down on the ground that matches its. . . Hard to see yea??? It would be better to have a plastic cheetah and throw it down on dead grass just so you get how it looks on the Savvanna though. . .

Did You Know?

Cheetahs are the only big cats with solid spots. They also have stripes at the ends of their tails. 
Servals also have solid spots but they are smaller cats and they are easy to identify because their ears are huge.

Leopards have rosettes of spots and their bodies are more compact and muscular.

King cheetahs are different.They actually have what appear to be large thick stripes. However they are rare ( most likely extinct in the wild) and they look like spotted cheetahs in every other way.

The mother cheetah hides with the cubs. The cubs are covered in camouflage that helps them hide in bushes.

Cheetahs don't leave their kills up trees, but hide it in the bush, as they have blunt non retractable claws.

A cheetah can be found almost anywhere in wild grassland and desert habitats in Africa but are most common in the plains of southern and eastern Africa. The Namib and Kalahari deserts and in particular the Maasai Mara and Serengeti parks are good places to see cheetahs.

What Cheetahs Eat

Duiker

Impala
 

                                                                           Springbok

                                                                          Steenbok

 

Warthog

Cheetahs live for about fifteen years and can attain a mass of about 60 kg.They prey on small antelope, like Sprigbok, Steenbok, Impala, Duiker and Warthog

Did You Know?

Cheetah's are the fastest land mammal in the world -in the 1900's there were an estimated 100,000 cheetah's worldwide and now there are only 10-15,000 with 1/10 of them living in captivity. Three to five cubs are born per litter but when only one is born many times the mother will abandon them and they are raised in captivity. Cheetah cubs are often preyed upon by  lions, leopards, and  hyenas. They are killed for their furs- and because of loss of habitat and conflict with humans the cheetah population has been declined. They could become extinct in the next fifteen years. 

List of Savanna and Grassland Animals

1. Black-footed ferret
2. Black-tailed prairie dog
3. Brown hyena
4. Giraffe
5. Greater prairie chicken
6. Ostrich
7. Pronghorn
8. Warthog
9. Black rhinoceros
10. Afican wild dog
11. Koala bear
12. Lion
13. Caracal
14. Nile crocodile
15. Afican elephant
16. Eygptian mongoose
17. Nigriceps ants
18. Emu
19. Grant's zebra
20. Chacma baboon
21. Black mampa
22. Cheetah's

Did You Know?

Unlike other big cats, cheetahs cannot roar. However they can purr on both inhale and exhale like domestic cats.