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Predators & furbearers
Caracal
Caracal caracal
- Group
- Predators & furbearers
- Size class
- Medium (10–70 kg)
- Family
- Felidae
Range
- Africa
- Asia
Habitat
- Scrub
- Savanna
Range
Countries it is found in
61 countries
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Caracal. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:no rights reservedCC0
Cross-reference
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