The caracal ( Caracal caracal ), or lynx of the desert or Persian lynx of , is a Félin of Africa and Asia.

Caracal caracal is only Caracal .

Description

The caracal wants to say <> in Turkish. It is a mammal of the family of félidés. He lives in places dryness, like savanna. Like very cat-like, it is territorial and does not accept the other cat-like one in its field, only it marks while urinating on the rocks and the trees in order to leave its olfactive marks there. But by time, one can meet it in couple and group. The caracal is a night animal. The body of this cat-like is untied more than that of the Scandinavian lynxes, which makes an excellent runner of it. Its plain dress of a fawn-coloured yellow is harmonized perfectly with the general color of the desert. Its long pointed ears, decorated tufts of hairs, ensure excellent a Ouïe to him.
  • Length: from 65 to 75 cm (the tail measures approximately 25 cm);
  • Height with the garrot: from 40 to 45 cm.
  • Weight: between 10 and 18 kg.
  • Longevity: 15 years on average.
  • Speed: it is cat-like the fastest of its size.

Ethology

The females can put at the world between 1 to 6 small per range, at the end of one duration of Gestation from 70 to 78 days. The caracal reaches its sexual maturity after approximately two years.

The caracal climbs and jumps very well. It is a night hunter: with the manner of a cat, it crawls in silence, the body flattened against the ground and approaches its prey before melting on it. It generally drives out Rongeur S, Lagomorphe S and small mammalian.

Subspecies

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External bonds

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