Our safari encountered three cheetah brothers in the Ndutu Lake area of Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), in the southern Serengeti plains ecosystem, in Ngorongoro District, Arusha Region, Tanzania, East Africa. The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and the fastest land animal. Its tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots. The head is small and rounded, with a short snout and black tear-like facial streaks. The cheetah is threatened by habitat loss, conflict with humans, poaching and high susceptibility to diseases. In 2016, the global cheetah population was about 7,100 in the wild. IUCN lists it as Vulnerable. Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) hosts the Great Migration — the world's most massive land animal migration (in terms of total body weight). This annual circuit of millions of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, etc. continues from the NCA clockwise through Serengeti National Park to the northwest plus Kenya's Maasai Mara game reserve. The Serengeti Plains and Ecosystem span the Mara and Arusha Regions of Tanzania. UNESCO honors the NCA as a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.
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