Where do cheetahs live? Range, habitat and strongholds
Wild cheetahs live mainly in eastern and southern Africa, with strongholds in Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia and Botswana, plus a small remnant population in Iran.
Curiosities, questions and fascinating facts
Wild cheetahs live mainly in eastern and southern Africa, with strongholds in Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia and Botswana, plus a small remnant population in Iran.
Jaguars live mainly in the Amazon Basin and Pantanal, spanning from southern Arizona through Central and South America to northern Argentina, in forests near water.
Komodo dragons live only on a few Indonesian islands, including Komodo and Rinca, in dry savanna and hilly lowlands within a range under 350 square miles.
Honey badgers live across sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and southern Asia, in habitats from desert to rainforest, sheltering in burrows they dig or borrow.
Capybaras live across Central and South America, from Brazil to the Argentinian pampas, always near rivers, marshes, ponds and flooded grassland.
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Wild lions live primarily in sub-Saharan Africa’s savannas and grasslands, with a small isolated population of Asiatic lions surviving in India’s Gir Forest.
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