Caracal
(Caracal caracal)[] | |
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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 |
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[]

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