Yoshinori Imaizumi is known for describing a subspecies that has been listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List since which year ?
Yoshinori Imaizumi Yoshinori Imaizumi (今泉吉典 , Imaizumi Yoshinori , March 11, 1914 – April 2, 2007) was a Japanese zoologist. He is known for describing the Iriomote cat in 1967. He was the director of the zoological department of the National Museum of Nature and Science.
Northwest African cheetah The Northwest African cheetah ("Acinonyx jubatus hecki"), also known as the Senegal cheetah or Saharan cheetah, is a subspecies of cheetah native to Northwest Africa (particularly the central western Sahara desert and the Sahel). It is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN, with a total world population estimated to be about 250 mature individuals. The Northwest African cheetah was described by German zoologist Max Hilzheimer under the scientific name "Acinonyx hecki" in Senegal of West Africa in 1913.