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Caracal caracal (caracal)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis caracal was named by Schreber (1776). It is extant.

It was recombined as Felis (Lynx) caracal by Kerr (1792); it was recombined as Lynx caracal by Bertram and Biewener (1990); it was recombined as Caracal caracal by Johnson et al. (2006) and Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Felis caracal Schreber
1792Felis (Lynx) caracal Kerr
1990Lynx caracal Bertram and Biewener p. 161
2006Caracal caracal Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Caracal caracal Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusCaracalGray 1843
speciescaracal(Schreber 1776)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 [caracal]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Felis caracal (22224)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Felis caracal (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Felis caracal (21821)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia Carnivora indet. (21755)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Felis caracal, Caracal caracal (22340)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Felis caracal (21824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) Caracal caracal (183152)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Felis caracal (39314)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Felis caracal (21963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Caracal caracal (115191) Felis caracal (21695 21916 21956 115205)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Felis caracal (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Felis caracal (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Felis caracal (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Felis caracal (21948 21950 21951)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey Felis caracal (43008)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Felis caracal (21276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Felis caracal (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Felis caracal (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Felis caracal (21866 21917 21930 21940)