Mummified cave cheetahs - in pictures

One of the mummified cheetahs preserved in a laboratory. Photo: Ahmed Boug et al / Communications Earth & Environment
Researchers collecting one of the mummified cheetahs from its place of discovery. Photo: David Chancellor / Ahmed Boug et al / Communications Earth & Environment
This one was found in situ in a cave in northern Saudi Arabia. Photo: National Centre for Wildlife - Saudi Arabia
One of the caves in which a mummified cheetah was found. Photo: National Centre for Wildlife - Saudi Arabia
The entrance to one of the caves that contained a mummified cheetah. Photo: David Chancellor / Ahmed Boug et al / Communications Earth & Environment
A researcher with one of the mummified cheetahs in the lab. Photo: National Centre for Wildlife - Saudi Arabia
Researchers examining of the mummified cheetahs. Photo: Ahmed Boug et al / Communications Earth & Environment