Acinonyx Brookes, 1828 . Cat. Anat. Zool. Mus. J. Brookes, London, p. 16, 33.

TYPE SPECIES: Acinonyx Venator Brookes, 1828 (= Felis jubata Schreber, 1775), by monotypy (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1956«; Melville and Smith, 1987).

SYNONYMS: Cynaelurus Gloger, 1841; Cynailurus Wagler, 1830; Cynofelis Lesson, 1842; Guepar Boitard, 1842; Guepardus Duvernoy, 1834 .