Cheetahs, leopards, and jaguars are actually easy to tell apart. Cheetahs are much more thin and wiry than any other wild cat, plus they have tell-tale “tear marks” that make it look like it has mascara running.
Jaguars are generally more stocky and muscular than leopards. Their “spots” are rosettes that are much larger and fewer in number than a leopard’s, whose rosettes are more “dotted”.
Pictured above: an African cheetah, the world’s fastest land animal.
I love Cheetahs.