Caracal
Caracal caracal
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Caracal caracal
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Felidae
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Africa, Asia
- Habitat
- Savanna, Desert
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its name comes from the Turkish karakulak, meaning black ear.
- It can leap about three metres into the air to snatch birds in flight.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q30847 · All animals · All entries