All_presenceData.csv

Anthropogenic pressures drive landscape transformation and climate change, which threaten habitat suitability and often perpetuates biodiversity loss. Wide-ranging behaviour in large carnivores typically conflicts with human activities driving population declines. Cheetah are particularly vulnerable, with the smallest remaining global population occupying only 9% of their historical range. This study aimed to define and delineate suitable cheetah habitat under current and future climate scenarios across southern Africa. Using multi-source presence records since 1980, we performed species distribution models for both free-roaming and managed reserve populations. Here we compare the relative loss or gain of projected suitable cheetah habitat to the established range and protected area network.