The Qattara Cheetah is a pale cheetah with a thick coat, reported from the Qattara Depression, Egypt. Reports date back to the 1960s. A specimen was captured by a Bedouin shepherd in 1967. Cheetahlike tracks were photographed on two occasions in the 1990s.
Possible explanation[]
- An isolated morph population of Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) similar to a group known in the Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserve, Niger.