🐱Caracal
카라칼(영어: caracal 캐러캘[ˈkærəkæl][*], 학명: Caracal caracal 카라칼 카라칼[*])은 신장 1 미터(3.3 피트)의 중형 야생고양이이다. 간혹 사막스라소니 또는 아프리카스라소니라고 불릴 때가 있지만, 스라소니속(Lynx)에 속하지 않으며 카라칼속(Caracal)의 유일종이다. 카라칼은 아프리카, 중앙아시아, 서남아시아, 인도 아대륙에 분포한다. 이름은 "검은 귀"를 의미하는 튀르키예어 "카라쿨라크(karakulak)"에서 유래했다.
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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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