Asian Cheetah

 

Asiatic Cheetah is extinct species in India,  the last one  was killed in eastern Madhya Pradesh by Maharaja of Sarguja by 1947.  The species itself is endangered and last few are left in a sanctuary of northern Iran.

Until the 20th century, the Asiatic cheetah was quite common and roamed all the way from Israel, the Arabian Peninsula to Iran, Afghanistan and India. In India, they ranged as far south as the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu