Cynailurus soemmeringii was the scientific name proposed by Leopold Fitzinger in 1855, when he described a live male cheetah brought by Theodor von Heuglin from Sudan's Bayuda Desert in Kordofan to Tiergarten Schonbrunn in Vienna.
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The Northeast African Sudan cheetah probably diverged from the Southern African Sudan cheetah between 32,200 and 244,000 years ago.
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Physically, it most resembles the East African Sudan cheetah; it has a densely ochraceous spotted coat with relatively thick and coarse fur in comparison to its relatives from eastern and northwestern Africa.
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The belly of the Northeast African Sudan cheetah is distinctly white while its breast and throat can have some black spots similar to the eastern subspecies.
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The tear marks of this Sudan cheetah are highly inconsistent, but they are frequently thickest at the mouth corners, unlike those of the other four subspecies.
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In South Sudan cheetah, populations are known in Boma, Southern, Radom and Badingilo National Parks.
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Northeast African Sudan cheetah is threatened by poaching, illegal wildlife trade, hunting, habitat loss, and lack of prey.
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The majority of captive Sudan cheetah cubs is thought to die before they are exported from Africa.
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