The Asiatic cheetah once ranged from the Arabian Peninsula and Near East to Iran, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan to India. It is considered regionally extinct in all of its former range, with the only known surviving population being Iran.Cheetahs are found primarily in the eastern and southern ranges of Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Small populations of cheetahs can be found in North Africa and Iran.Why and how the cheetah went extinct in India has been a subject of great debate. When the Asiatic Cheetah was found in India,the last was seen in 1951.Cheetahs in India