Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kenya (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kenya (non-ex)

Anup Shah / Cheetah mother carrying ten-day-old cub {Acinonyx jubatus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Female Cheetah scans horizon for prey {Acinonyx jubatus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Cheetah female yawning with cub looking into her mouth (Acinonyx jubatus) Masai Mara NR, Kenya

Tony Heald / Fur pattern detail from Cheetah pelt {Acinonyx jubatus}

Tony Heald / Cheetah chasing Jackal. (Acininxy jubatus) South Africa Kalahari Gemsbok NP.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) walking, silhouetted at dusk. Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

John Shaw / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) stretches on a downed tree. Zimbabwe. September.

Klein & Hubert / Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) two at sunset, South Africa. Captive.

Neil Aldridge / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing in early morning light, Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Vulnerable.

Neil Aldridge / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) staring back over its shoulder, black and white. Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, August.

Wim van den Heever / Two Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Kgalagadi, South Africa

Wim van den Heever / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) trying to trip up the prey, Kgalagadi, South Africa

Wim van den Heever / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Kgalagadi, South Africa

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male juvenile aged about 18 months approaching a kill, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Klein & Hubert / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub, age three months, sitting against his resting mother, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs, age three months, playing, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs, age three months, playing, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs, age three months, playing, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs, age three months, playing with their mother in golden light, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs, age three months, playing with their mother in golden light, Botswana.

Klein & Hubert / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs, age three months, playing with their mother in golden light, Botswana.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female with cubs sitting in long grass during the dry season, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. March.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) resting with rainbow behind it, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. September.

Denis-Huot / Two cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in dry season, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. February.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub aged about one year running. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female standing below dark storm clouds, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs playing, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) catching gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub playing, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Honoured in the African wildlife category

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female hunting, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) family walking female hunting, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub looking around mother's legs Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub grooming each other, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) young playing in front of mother in the rain, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs aged 6/7 weeks old playing, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs 4 months, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cubs aged 2/3 months, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs playing, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs aged 2 months playing and climbing tree, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) juvenile chasing a zebra (Equus quagga) herd, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hunting young warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) in turn being chased by warthog mother, Masai Mara, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother carrying its cub aged 4 to 5 weeks, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Andy Rouse / Young Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) learning how to hunt Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsoni) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) young siblings learning how to hunt Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsoni) mother cheetah in background, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya