Repository series · ncbi-prjna1301910
Mummified cave Cheetah inform rewilding actions in Saudi Arabia
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) experienced a steep population decline and has been extirpated from 98% of their historical range, including the Arabian Peninsula, where it played a role as top predator maintaining healthy food webs and ungulate populations. The serendipitous discovery of seven naturally mummified cheetah in caves along with skeletal remains of 54 cheetah, along with their putative prey, in the northern region of Saudi Arabia provided an unexpected opportunity to study the genetic make-up of Arabian cheetah to inform conservation measures. The mummified cheetahs, the first reported natural mummification of a large felid, showed 14C calibrated ages dated 4223 +- 40 years BP to 127 +- 40 years BP.
The accession and its GCC connection are verified. Registration alone does not establish that the broader research programme remains active.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Saudi Arabia connection indexed in BioProject metadata
- Project type
- Repository project
- Research domain
- Human health and population genomics
- Years
- 2025–
- Lifecycle status
- repository_recorded
- Status basis
- Registered in NCBI BioProject on 2025/08/05; operational lifecycle is not asserted.
- Status evidence date
- 2025-08-05
- Scale
- 1 BioProject accession grouped by matching submitter, date, data type and narrative.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- National Center for Wildlife
- Partner organizations
- Not stated
- Organism / population
- Not stated
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- Raw sequence reads
- Sequencing
- Genome
Data access
Public repository metadata with linked data where supplied by the submitter
Identifiers
- BioProject
PRJNA1301910
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Exact country-name match in authoritative NCBI BioProject metadata; repeated submissions are grouped into one Atlas series.
Editorial note
Repository verification confirms the accession and regional connection, not whether the broader research programme remains active.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
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