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How cheetah mummies could help bring the species back to Arabia

Ancient big cats were closely related to an African population that could seed reintroduction

A close-up of the head and neck of a natually mummified cheetah as seen on a table in a lab. The rest of its body is out of sight.

The DNA of skeletal and mummified Arabian cheetahs (one mummy shown in a laboratory) have revealed their close relation to modern day cheetahs in northwestern Africa and Iran.

Ahmed Al-Boug et al/Communications Earth & Environment

By Jake Buehler

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