Caracal caracal (carnivore)
Variant names: Felis caracal

Mass: 12 kg based on Avenant and Nel 1998 and Stuart 1981

Diet: carnivore based on Stuart 1981, Avenant and Nel 1997, and Avenant and Nel 1998

Abundance: 0.04 to 30.42% (median 0.51%)

Latitudinal range: -34.3° to 36.9°

Habitats: (25), Mediterranean woodland (2), desert/xeric shrubland (4), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), temperate coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (13)

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Found in 50 samples

Botswana: Moritsane (Holocene)

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Jordan: Dana Nature Reserve

Kenya: Lainyamok (Middle Pleistocene)

Lesotho: Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene), Sehonghong (SA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (RF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RBL/CLBRF) (Late Pleistocene)

Morocco: Zouhrah Cave (L 0) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 2) (Late Pleistocene)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Etosha Region

Oman: Southwest Dhofar Mountains

South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (thicket vegetation), Drakensberg Midlands, Garden Route National Park (Site 1), Between George and Karatara, Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Table Mountain National Park, Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLD) (Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BRL) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member CL) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member GWA) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member OLP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member OCH) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member LOH) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene)

Sudan: Gala Abu Ahmed (Holocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene)

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Tli'ika

Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season)

Turkey: Marmaris, Koycegiz Wildlife Development Reserve

Yemen: Hawf

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

Size measurements:
♀ body mass8500 kgN = 1Avenant and Nel 1998
♀ body mass8500 kgN = 1Avenant and Nel 1998
♀ body mass6500 kgN = 1Avenant and Nel 1998
♀ body mass10100 kgN = 40Stuart 1981
♂ body mass19500 kgN = 1Avenant and Nel 1998
♂ body mass17000 kgN = 1Avenant and Nel 1998
♂ body mass12700 kgN = 61Stuart 1981
♀ ear length79 mmN = 43Stuart 1981
♂ ear length82 mmN = 61Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length834 mmN = 40Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length881 mmN = 65Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length182 mmN = 47Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length196 mmN = 61Stuart 1981
♀ skull length124 mmN = 100Stuart 1981
♂ skull length137 mmN = 100Stuart 1981
♀ tail length248 mmN = 47Stuart 1981
♂ tail length272 mmN = 70Stuart 1981

See also Caracal, Caracal aurata