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Genus of carnivores
Caracal is a
genus in the subfamily
Felinae of the family
Felidae . It was proposed by
John Edward Gray in 1843 who described a skin from the
Cape of Good Hope in the collection of the
Natural History Museum, London .
[1] Historically, it was considered to be a
monotypic genus , consisting of only the
type species : the
caracal C. caracal .
[2]
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic analysis revealed that caracal,
African golden cat (C. aurata ) and
serval (Leptailurus serval ) are genetically closely related forming a
genetic lineage that
diverged from the
common ancestor of the Felidae
7.91 to 4.14 million years ago .
[3] This taxonomic classification is used in the
IUCN Red List for the African golden cat.
[4] It is used as a
synonym for the serval.
[5]
Genus Caracal –
Gray , 1843 – two species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Caracal
Caracal caracal (Schreber, 1776)
Southern caracal (C. c. caracal ) (Schreber, 1776)
Northern caracal (C. c. nubicus ) (
Fischer , 1829)
[6]
Asiatic caracal (C. c. schmitzi ) (
Matschie , 1912)
Size : Habitat : Diet :
NT
[7]
African golden cat
Caracal aurata (Temminck, 1823)
C. a. aurata (Temminck, 1827)
C. a. celidogaster (Temminck, 1827)
Size : Habitat : Diet :
VU
[4]
References
^ Gray, J. E. (1843).
"The Caracal" . List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum . London: The Trustees of the British Museum. p. 46.
^
Wozencraft, W. C. (2005).
"Genus Carcal " . In
Wilson, D. E. ; Reeder, D. M. (eds.).
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 533.
ISBN
978-0-8018-8221-0 .
OCLC
62265494 .
^ Johnson, W. E.; Eizirik, E.; Pecon-Slattery, J.; Murphy, W.J.; Antunes, A.; Teeling, E.; O'Brien, S.J. (2006).
"The Late Miocene Radiation of Modern Felidae: A Genetic Assessment" . Science . 311 (5757): 73–7.
Bibcode :
2006Sci...311...73J .
doi :
10.1126/science.1122277 .
PMID
16400146 .
S2CID
41672825 .
^
a
b Bahaa-el-din, L.; Mills, D.; Hunter, L. & Henschel, P. (2015).
"Caracal aurata " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 : e.T18306A50663128.
^ Thiel, C. (2015).
"Leptailurus serval " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 : e.T11638A50654625. Retrieved 29 October 2018 .
^ Fischer, J. B. (1829).
"F. caracal Schreb." . Synopsis Mammalium . Stuttgart: J. G. Cottae. p. 210.
^ Avgan, B.; Henschel, P. & Ghoddousi, A. (2016) [errata version of 2016 assessment].
"Caracal caracal " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 : e.T3847A102424310.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3847A50650230.en . Retrieved 15 January 2022 .
External links
Media related to
Caracal at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to
Caracal at Wikispecies