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Caracal
(Caracal caracal)[]
Species ID: 3-6-47-685-14739
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Caracal
Conservation status: LC - Least Concern
Systems: Terrestrial
Links: IUCN Red List

Wikipedia

Subspecies[]

  • C. c. caracal (Southern caracal)
  • C. c. nubicus (Northern caracal)
  • C. c. schmitzi (Asiatic caracal)

Other names[]

  • Persian lynx

Diet[]

  • Rodents
  • Small antelope
  • Hares
  • Birds
  • Reptiles
  • Insects
  • Fish

Biomes[]

  • Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
  • Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
  • Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
  • Temperate coniferous forests
  • Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
  • Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
  • Flooded grasslands and savannas
  • Montane grasslands and shrublands
  • Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
  • Deserts and xeric shrublands
  • Mangroves

Locations[]

Caracal caracal

Ecoregion range

Ecozones[]

  • Afrotropic
  • Indomalaya
  • Palearctic

Ecoregions[]

  • AT0112 Ethiopian montane forests
  • AT0203 Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
  • AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
  • AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
  • AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
  • AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
  • AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
  • AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0708 Itigi-Sumbu thicket
  • AT0709 Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
  • AT0710 Mandara Plateau mosaic
  • AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0712 Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0713 Sahelian Acacia savanna
  • AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
  • AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
  • AT0722 West Sudanian savanna
  • AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
  • AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
  • AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
  • AT0901 East African halophytics
  • AT0902 Etosha Pan halophytics
  • AT0903 Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna
  • AT0904 Lake Chad flooded savanna
  • AT0905 Saharan flooded grasslands
  • AT0906 Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
  • AT0907 Zambezian flooded grasslands
  • AT1001 Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1002 Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands
  • AT1003 Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
  • AT1004 Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
  • AT1006 Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1009 Highveld grasslands
  • AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
  • AT1014 South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1015 Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1201 Albany thickets
  • AT1202 Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
  • AT1203 Montane fynbos and renosterveld
  • AT1302 Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert
  • AT1303 East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
  • AT1304 Eritrean coastal desert
  • AT1305 Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
  • AT1306 Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert
  • AT1307 Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
  • AT1309 Kalahari xeric savanna
  • AT1310 Kaokoveld desert
  • AT1313 Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands
  • AT1314 Nama Karoo
  • AT1316 Namibian savanna woodlands
  • AT1319 Somali montane xeric woodlands
  • AT1320 Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna
  • AT1321 Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands
  • AT1322 Succulent Karoo
  • IM0111 Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests
  • IM0166 Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests
  • IM0206 Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests
  • IM0207 Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests
  • IM0901 Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh
  • IM1302 Indus Valley desert
  • IM1303 Northwestern thorn scrub forests
  • IM1304 Thar desert
  • IM1403 Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves
  • PA0407 Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests
  • PA0408 Caucasus mixed forests
  • PA0410 Central Anatolian deciduous forests
  • PA0420 Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests
  • PA0446 Zagros Mountains forest steppe
  • PA0506 East Afghan montane conifer forests
  • PA0507 Elburz Range forest steppe
  • PA0513 Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests
  • PA0805 Eastern Anatolian montane steppe
  • PA0812 Middle East steppe
  • PA0905 Saharan halophytics
  • PA0906 Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh
  • PA1004 Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow
  • PA1008 Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe
  • PA1009 Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands
  • PA1010 Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe
  • PA1018 Sulaiman Range alpine meadows
  • PA1201 Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
  • PA1202 Anatolian conifer and deciduous mixed forests
  • PA1207 Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests
  • PA1212 Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets
  • PA1213 Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
  • PA1214 Mediterranean woodlands and forests
  • PA1220 Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests
  • PA1301 Afghan Mountains semi-desert
  • PA1303 Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands
  • PA1305 Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe
  • PA1306 Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert
  • PA1307 Baluchistan xeric woodlands
  • PA1308 Caspian lowland desert
  • PA1309 Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands
  • PA1310 Central Asian northern desert
  • PA1311 Central Asian riparian woodlands
  • PA1312 Central Asian southern desert
  • PA1313 Central Persian desert basins
  • PA1319 Kopet Dag semi-desert
  • PA1320 Mesopotamian shrub desert
  • PA1321 North Saharan steppe and woodlands
  • PA1322 Paropamisus xeric woodlands
  • PA1323 Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert
  • PA1325 Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert
  • PA1326 Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert
  • PA1328 South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert
  • PA1329 South Saharan steppe and woodlands
  • PA1331 Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
  • PA1332 West Saharan montane xeric woodlands