rufous
Speech parts
1. rufous - Noun
2. rufous - Adjective
Meaning
Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
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Basically yellowish tan or rufous to greyish white, the coat of the cheetah is uniformly covered with nearly 2,000 solid black spots.
Basically yellowish tan or rufous to greyish white, the coat is uniformly covered with nearly 2,000 solid black spots.
Heavily marked, has rufous thighs with dark grey head in males.
It was browner on the upperparts and paler buff brown and less rufous on the underparts than the male.
There are two colour morphs: the rufous form which gives this subspecies its scientific name (vulpes is Latin for "fox"), and a dark grey form.
In the female, the turquoise is largely replaced by rich rufous.