Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) stalking a termite mound in the Serengeti savannah, Tanzania

acinonyx jubatus acinonyx jubatus jubatus cheetah (acinonyx jubatus) natural area bare savanna adult alone lying in wait profile shot overview serengeti national park acinonyx horizon termite mound vulnerable (iucn) vu national park unesco's world heritage cites appendix 1 blue sky plain august copy space nobody cheetahs nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems grassy savannah bare savannas grass savannah grassy savanna bare savannah grass savanna grass savannas grassy savannas adults single lonely only solo one lone watchful be on the watch stalking being on the watch stalk (at steal) profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length serengeti horizons horizon line horizon lines termitaries termite mounds termitary vulnerable species national parks sensitive natural areas world heritage site blue skies good weather nice weather plains with nobody wildcat feline carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal naturalness area savanna low formation stage of development individual enumeration hunt behavior shot tanzania east africa africa felidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota landform earth's crust animal construction threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species species environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment convention on international trade in endangered species of wild sky meteorological phenomenon meteorology science