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		<title>The Asiatic Cheetah</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-asiatic-cheetah/" title="The Asiatic Cheetah" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ac1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Asiatic cheetah" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ac1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ac1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ac1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Asiatic cheetah was once spread from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum Desert and northern South Asia. However, they have been extirpated from everywhere but a small portion of the Iranian central desert. These cheetahs face the threats of habitat loss and [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Iberian Lynx</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-iberian-lynx/" title="The Iberian Lynx" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="139" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/il1a-300x139.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Iberian lynx" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/il1a-300x139.jpeg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/il1a-800x371.jpeg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/il1a-scaled.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Iberian lynx, aka pardel Lynx or Spanish lynx, is considered to be the rarest of all the lynx species. While once widespread, these lynx are now reduced to a couple locales: Do&#xF1;ana and Anduj&#xE1;r-Carde&#xF1;a National Park in the Spanish autonomic region of Andalusia. They face the threats of habitat [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Indian Leopard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-indian-leopard/" title="The Indian Leopard" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="153" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/il1a-300x153.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Indian leopard" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/il1a-300x153.jpeg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/il1a-800x407.jpeg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/il1a-scaled.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The Indian leopard can be found in India, Bhutan, Nepal, and certain locales of Pakistan. They prefer dry deciduous forests, tropical rainforests, northern coniferous forests, and temperate forests. Due to many threats, like habitat destruction at the hands of residential and commercial development, mining, agricultural needs, logging, and transportation (including [&#x2026;]</p>
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