Caracal (genus)

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Caracal
African golden cat (C. aurata)
Caracal (C. caracal)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Felinae
Genus: Caracal
Gray, 1843
Type species
Caracal melanotis
Gray, 1843
Species

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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. Historically, it was considered to be a monotypic genus, consisting of only the type species: the caracal C. caracal.

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. This taxonomic classification is used in the IUCN Red List for the African golden cat. It is used as a synonym for the serval.

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)

Three subspecies
  • Southern caracal (C. c. caracal) (Schreber, 1776)
  • Northern caracal (C. c. nubicus) (Fischer, 1829)
  • Asiatic caracal (C. c. schmitzi) (Matschie, 1912)

Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 



African golden cat

Caracal aurata
(Temminck, 1823)

Two subspecies
  • C. a. aurata (Temminck, 1827)
  • C. a. celidogaster (Temminck, 1827)

Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 



References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Bahaa-el-din, L.; Mills, D.; Hunter, L. & Henschel, P. (2015). "Caracal aurata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18306A50663128.
  5. ^ Thiel, C. (2015). "Leptailurus serval". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T11638A50654625. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  6. ^ Fischer, J. B. (1829). "F. caracal Schreb.". Synopsis Mammalium. Stuttgart: J. G. Cottae. p. 210.
  7. ^ Avgan, B.; Henschel, P. & Ghoddousi, A. (2016) . "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

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  • Data related to Caracal at Wikispecies


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