Amazing facts about the King Cheetah. We take a look at the amazing King Cheetah. This unusual looking cheetah, known as the King Cheetah was once thought to be a separate sub-species. But it’s actually an African Cheetah exhibiting a rare fur pattern mutation.
A recessive gene must be inherited from both parents in order for this “blotchy“ pattern to appear. First discovered in Zimbabwe in 1926, this very rare animal has been seen in the wild only 6 times. It’s been known to exist in Zimbabwe, Botswana a