Pictures and facts about the Caracal

Pictures of the caracal are copyrighted by their owners

Caracal

Order : Carnivora
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Felinae
Species : Caracal caracal

The caracal (Caracal caracal) is most famous for his skill in the catching of birds, sometimes more than one in one jump! They resemble lynxes, but are more related to servals. They are named after the Turkish "karakulak", which means "black ear". Their range is from Africa to Asia. "Caracals are almost impossible to see in the wild, not because there are very few of them, but because they hide extremely well. Game drives in countries such as Kenya and Botswana widely encounter other animals, but a sighting of a caracal is extremely rare. ( source ) "

Facts about the caracal

A powerful medium-sized cat with long legs, weighing up to 50 pounds, standing about 20 inches at the shoulder and having an overall body length of about 52 inches, the caracal is able to take down and kill prey species over twice its body weight.

Caracal ( Caracal caracal ) is a small feline similar in appearance to the lynx and is found through central and southern Africa ,

The Caracal (Caracal caracal) is such an expert at catching birds mid-flight that it was once trained for such a purpose in India and thus gave rise to the saying "to set a cat among the pigeons" (ISEC, 2002).

The Caracal is a small but graceful cat with distinctive tufted ears. (Full text)

Caracal is also a town in Romania; see: Caracal, Romania. (Full text)

Posted by: ghetto at Tue Mar 23 06:02:16 2004 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]what you guys think about caracals are they as sweet as servals and if oyu own a serval how much you spend monthly for everything all together? (Full text)

Caracals are very loving with their own people. (Full text)

In India the caracal is profiting from the tiger conservations. (Full text)

Since now, CaRaCaL is a NEW and INDEPENDIENT videogames compiler. (Full text)

The Caracal in appearance resembles the Lynx in having characteristic dark tufts on its large, pointed ears and is indeed often referred to as the African Lynx or Desert Lynx, however the caracal is not closely related to the true lynx species. (Full text)

Caracals are mostly solitary hunters in the wild with the female caring for the 1-6 cubs on her own. (Full text)

Likely as a result of those years of human interaction caracals are still, today, sometimes kept as household pets. (Full text)

The caracal is solitary, and can live as long as 17 years in captivity. (Full text)

In Africa, caracals are tawny brown to brick-red in color; melanistic individuals have also been recorded. (Full text)

- Caracals are excellent jumpers - Caracals resemble the Lynx in many ways and are sometimes called desert lynxes - They weigh about fifty or sixty pounds - Caracals reside mostly in Africa and parts of India Caracals - message boards - The Animal Pages (Full text)

Caracals are found mainly in dry areas such as woodlands, savannah, and scrub of North Africa, South Africa, and Asia. (Full text)

Caracal is a Turkish word meaning (Full text)

Nicknamed "desert lynx," caracals are found from central India, west through Asia to Israel and Jordan, and south into the Arabian peninsula and African continent. (Full text)

CARACAL The Caracal, Desert Lynx or Persian Lynx (Felis caracal or Caracal caracal) is a cat, formerly thought to be a species of lynx - with which they resemble - native to northern Africa and south-west Asia. (Full text)

A caracal is a cat that is going to get the size of a labrador retriever, and no matter how domestic they seem, they have the attitudes and instincts that all cats have. (Full text)

Caracal (Caracal caracal): Caracals are native to a wide territory throughout Africa and South Western Asia. (Full text)

Caracals: Caracals are members of the Lynx family and sometimes called the African or Desert Lynx. (Full text)