I am not sure but as far as I know they are the same exact species as the African. In fact all cheetahs are very closely related having descended from only a very few individuals due to a recent bottlenecking which nearly exterminated them a few thousand years ago.
As far as I know though the asian populations are quite low due to human population pressures.
OK just looked it up and 60 to 100 cheetahs are estimated still alive. Apparently they are given a different subspecies due to genetic drift which is quite illogical considering the closeness of the genetic relationship. Once again the splitters have taken over the taxanomic system for mammalia.
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