“During British colonial times in India it was famous by the name of hunting leopard,[3] a name derived from the ones that were kept in captivity in large numbers by the Indian royalty to hunt wild antelopes with. (In some languages all cheetah species are still called exactly that; i.e. Dutch: jachtluipaard.)”
… states the wikipedia-article of 'Hunting-Leopard', which, of course redirects onto the given article of its better known byname 'Cheetah'.
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“During British colonial times in India it was famous by the name of hunting leopard,[3] a name derived from the ones that were kept in captivity in large numbers by the Indian royalty to hunt wild antelopes with. (In some languages all cheetah species are still called exactly that; i.e. Dutch: jachtluipaard.)”
… states the wikipedia-article of 'Hunting-Leopard', which, of course redirects onto the given article of its better known byname 'Cheetah'.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting-Leopard