Cheetah running. Cheetah's have a flexible spine, oversized liver, enlarged hart, wide nostrils and an increased lung capacity. Covering 7-8 meters in a stride they reach a top speed of 70 mph (110mph). Cheetah. Cheetahs are Africa's most endangered cat, less than 15,000 remain in 26 African countries, and less than 50 found in Iran, the last of the Asian cheetah. Namibia is the Cheetah Capital of the World with approximately 3,000 free-ranging individuals of which 95% are outside protected areas on commercial livestock and game farms, resulting in conflict with humans..
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