because its called a caracal CAT.
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The lynx family of cats have long tufts of hair on their ears. The caracal (Caracal caracal) also has long ear tufts and is hence often called a lynx. However the short haired caracal is an African/Asian wild cat and is not related to the long haired lynx family of cats in Europe/North America.
The Sand Cat (Hebrew: פלסן קרקל, also Plasan Caracal) is a composite armored vehicle designed by Plasan of Israel.The Sand Cat was first shown publicly as the Caracal at the AUSA show in October 2005.
Caracals are found in the grasslands of Africa and Asia. They are a lynx-like cat probably closely related to the domestic cat.
Serval is closely related to the African Golden Cat and the Caracal
The caracal (Caracal caracal), also known as the desert lynx, is a wild cat widely distributed across Africa, Central Asia, and Southwest Asia.
The African Golden cat is medium-sized cat and is thought to be a close relative of the Caracal and the Serval. At this current point in time, the African Golden cat is the only member of the genus Profelis, much like the Caracal and the Serval being the only members of Genus Caracal and Leptailurusrespectively.
A Caracal is a type of cat that lives in Africa, it has four feet. Lives on a variety of small mammals and birds.
The caracal is a medium-sized cat with uniform pale reddish-brown fur, and no distinctive markings on its coat. A wildcat (Felis caracal syn. Lynx caracal) of Africa and southern Asia having short fawn-colored fur and long tufted ears.
Lion, leopard, cheetah, serval, caracal, African wild cat, sand cat, golden cat.
Caracal cats are smaller, but not that small. They also have long tips at the ends of their ears, and have spots and stripes. Leopards are large, with just spots with an empty inside. usually with no stripes. I hope this helped!
A caracal is sometimes called a lynx, however caracals occur in Africa and Asia and they are not related to the lynx family of cats, which occur in America and Europe. The association probably originated because the caracal has long tufted ears like the cats in the lynx family.