🐱Caracal
Der Karakal (Caracal caracal) ist eine afroasiatische, mittelgroße Katze aus der Gattung Caracal. Der Name bezieht sich auf die Schwarzfärbung der Ohren (türkisch karakulak bedeutet „Schwarzohr“). Wegen seiner Ähnlichkeit mit den Luchsen wird er manchmal auch als Wüstenluchs bezeichnet. Der Karakal wurde ursprünglich als Verwandter der Luchse eingeordnet. Bereits frühe Untersuchungen wiesen jedoch darauf hin, dass er der Gattung Felis näher steht, zu der auch die Wildkatze gehört. Aktuelle Untersuchungen der DNS-Sequenz belegen, dass er am engsten mit der Afrikanischen Goldkatze (C. aurata, Syn.: Profelis aurata) verwandt ist. Die IUCN stuft den Karakal als nicht gefährdet (least concern) ein.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 14 kg
- Body length
- 0.83 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.46 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Caracal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass14 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 16 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.83 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Shoulder height0.46 mheight of the shouldersDetails ↓Hide ↑
Account: "The height of the shoulders about 46 cm", attributed therein to Hufnagel 1972. ADW caracal account gives no height.
Source: Veals, Burnett, Morandini, Drouilly & Koprowski 2020, 'Caracal caracal (Carnivora: Felidae)', Mammalian Species 52(993):71-85, https://academic.oup.com/mspecies/article/52/993/71/5872311 · see citation
Brain mass58 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 20 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length6.13 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation74 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 74 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range294 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l14 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Caracal yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusCaracal
- ›speciesCaracal caracal
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusCaracal
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusCaracal
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