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Caracal

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Caracal Gray
2006Caracal Johnson et al. p. 74
2010Caracal Werdelin and Peigne p. 650
2017Caracal Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusCaracalGray 1843

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Caracal Gray 1843
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Caracal aurata Temminck 1827 [African golden cat]
Caracal caracal Schreber 1776 [caracal]
Caracal serval Schreber 1776 [serval]
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Invalid names: Felis capensis Forster 1765 [synonym], Felis senegalensis Lesson 1839 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa Felis caracal (22224)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) Felis caracal (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Felis caracal (21821)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia Carnivora indet. (21755)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Felis caracal, C. caracal, Felis serval (22340)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa (Gauteng) C. caracal (183152)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Felis caracal, Felis serval (21824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Türkiye Felis caracal (39314)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa C. caracal (115191) Felis caracal (21695 21916 21956 115205) Felis serval (21929 21931)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Felis caracal (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Felis serval (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Felis caracal (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Felis caracal (21948 21950 21951)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Felis caracal, Felis serval (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Eswatini Felis caracal, Felis serval (21925)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Felis serval (22627)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Türkiye Felis caracal (43008)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Felis caracal (21276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Felis serval (32090 32113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Felis serval (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa C. sp. (90070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Felis caracal (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Felis caracal, Felis serval (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Felis caracal (21866 21917 21930 21940)