Spread the loveThe name ‘cheetah’ is believed to have originated from Sanskrit word chitrak, which means ‘the spotted one’ . The Asiatic cheetah whose long history on the Indian subcontinent gave the Sanskrit-derived vernacular name “cheetah” to the species Acinonyx jubatus, also had a gradual history of … Continue reading India’s Cheetah History – From Extinction to Reintroduction