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The caracal (Caracal caracal), also known as the desert lynx, is a wild cat widely distributed across Africa, Central Asia, and Southwest Asia.
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caracal does not live in a temperate forest
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For a map of the range of the caracal, click on this link.
For a map of the range of the caracal, click on this link.
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The caracal(Caracal caracal), also known as the desert lynx, is a wild cat widely distributed across Africa, Central Asia, and Southwest Asia into India.They occupy a wide variety of habitats from semidesert to relatively open savanna and scrubland to moist woodland and thicket or evergreen and montane forest such as in the Western Cape of South Africa. They prefer drier woodland and savanna regions with lower rainfall and some cover. (Wikipedia)
they will live up to 30-40 years in the wild and 20-25 in captivity
The Caracal is also known as the desert lynx. It is a wild cat that is widely distributed across Africa, Central Asia and southwest Asia into India. The word Caracal is derived from the Turkish words "Kara Kulak", which means "black ear".
Felis caracalThe correct scientific name is Caracal caracal (Schreber 1776). Synonyms are Felis caracal and Lynx caracal.The 8 subspecies (linked to location) are:Caracal caracal algiraCaracal caracal caracalCaracal caracal damarensisCaracal caracal limpopoensisCaracal caracal lucaniCaracal caracal nubicaCaracal caracal poecilotisCaracal caracal schmitzi
There are many cats that make the desert their home. In North America we have bobcats, cougars, jaguar, ocelots and jaguarundi. Africa has the caracal, sand cat, occasional cheetahs and even lions in the Namib Desert.