Sahara Cheetah:Spotted On Camera

Sahara Cheetah, the elusive cat, the desert recently entered the spotlight in Niger, Africa, when a hidden camera captured pictures of the rare cat, with its distinctive shield pale and haggard.

"I think they were more happy than surprised when images are presented, because we knew that cheetahs were in the general area he had seen his tracks on several occasions, " said John Newby, president of the Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF) , Part of the computer for the rare cat. "However, the area is so vast that pick an animal as rare as it always involves a lot of luck and good sense on where to place the cameras. "

Sahara the cheetah is so rare that scientists are not sure how the cat is genetically related to other cheetahs, or how many there are. Of the few comments that have made snapshots-camera traps between July and August, and animal tracks, estimated that fewer than 10 individuals residing in the vast desert of tin Toumma Termit and Niger.