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Moxico (Marker et al., 2010; Funston et al., 2017;Taylor etal., 2018; Fig. 1). These reports suggest that IUCN’s classification of the south-westernAngolan range for the cheetah should be changed from Possibly Extant to Extant. Our findings will support the new political willingness
in Angola to invest in wildlife conservation strategies and will help to unlock conservation funding for the cheetah, African wild dog and other carnivores. Given that the ma- jority of the distribution of these two species potentially falls outside protected areas where they are more susceptible to anthropogenic threats, we emphasize the urgency of identi- fying remnant populations in Angola and quantifying any threats to the species.
Acknowledgements We thank the Instituto Nacional da Biodiver- sidade e Áreas de Conservação for permits, José Maria Kandungo for logistic support in Bicuar National Park, Fernando Calunga and park rangers Fernando Tchacaca, Tchimbuale Cambuta, Ombili, José Manuel Tchipuapua and José Maria Alves for their assistance during fieldwork, and Bruce Bennett for data sharing in Iona National Park. PM was supported by UID/BIA/50027/2019 with funding from FCT/MCTES through national funds. FR, SK and RG were sup- ported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (PD/BD/114030/2015, PD/BD/142825/2018, IF/00564/2012). TM and MC were supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research SASSCAL project (PN 01LG1201 M). This research was conducted within the UNESCO Chair Life on Land.
Author contributions Study design: PM, RG; fieldwork: all authors; data analysis: PM, FR; writing: PM, with inputs from all authors.
Conflicts of interest None.
Ethical standards This research abided by the Oryx guidelines on ethical standards.
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