Chita Rivera (born January 23, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her roles in musical theatre. She is the first Hispanic woman and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award (December 2002)
Chita Rivera (born January 23, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her roles in musical theatre. She is the first Hispanic woman and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award (December 2002). She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Rivera was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero in Washington, .
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The cheetah (pronounced /ˈchē-tə/) (Acinonyx jubatus), also known as the hunting leopard, is a big cat that occurs mainly in eastern and southern Africa and a few parts of Iran. The only extant member of the genus Acinonyx, the cheetah was first described by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1775. The cheetah is characterised by a slender body, deep chest, spotted coat, a small rounded head, black tear-like streaks on the face, long thin legs and a long spotted tail.
Cheetahs are active mainly during the day, with hunting their major activity. Adult males are sociable despite their territoriality, forming groups called "coalitions". Females are not territorial; they may be solitary or live with their offspring in home ranges. Carnivores, cheetah mainly prey upon antelopes and gazelles. They will stalk their prey to within 100–300 metres (330–980 ft), charge towards it and kill it by tripping it during the chase and biting its throat to suffocate it to death. The cheetah's body is specialised for speed; it is the fastest land animal.
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus; /ˈtʃiːtə/) is a large cat of the subfamily Felinae that occurs in North, Southern and East Africa, and a few localities in Iran. It inhabits a variety of mostly arid habitats like dry forests, scrub forests, and savannahs. The species is IUCN Red Listed as Vulnerable, as it suffered a substantial decline in its historic range in the 20th century due to habitat loss, poaching for the illegal pet trade, and conflict with humans
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the common name for a long-legged, fast-running New World wild cat (family Felidae), characterized by a slender body with narrow waist, relatively small head, deep and narrow chest.
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the common name for a long-legged, fast-running New World wild cat (family Felidae), characterized by a slender body with narrow waist, relatively small head, deep and narrow chest, nonretractile claws, tawny fur with black spots, and a long tail. The cheetah is unique in its speed, being the fast land animal, and in being a wild cat that lacks climbing abilities. As such, it is placed in its own genus, Acinonyx. Some cheetahs also have a rare fur pattern mutation: cheetahs with larger, blotchy, merged spots are known as "king cheetahs. It was once thought to be a separate species or subspecies, but it is merely a mutation of the African cheetah.
Borrowed from Hindi चीता (cītā, leopard, panther ), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, multicolored, speckled ) (akin to Old High German haitar ( bright ) German heiter; Old Norse heiðr ( bright )) + Sanskrit काय (kāya, body ), thus havi.
Borrowed from Hindi चीता (cītā, leopard, panther ), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, multicolored, speckled ) (akin to Old High German haitar ( bright ) German heiter; Old Norse heiðr ( bright )) + Sanskrit काय (kāya, body ), thus having a spotted body. Homophone: cheater (in non-rhotic accents). cheetah (plural cheetahs).