Caracal (Caracal caracal)

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Photo by Jared Hersch

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Finally I managed to get a sighting of this very elusive cat!

Habitat:

They occur at much lower densities in Central and West Africa where the carnivore community is more diverse. They occupy a wide variety of habitats from semi-desert to relatively open savanna and scrubland to moist woodland and thicket or evergreen and montane forest such as in the Western Cape of South Africa. They prefer drier woodland and savanna regions with lower rainfall and some cover.[2] They also occur in the Saharan mountain ranges and semi-arid woodlands.[

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Comments (15)

I love those!

How cool!

Thx Jason and Juan!

Perfect!

Hi Guys new picture added to this spotting, just had to share!

MarcTe

beautiful!!!!!

KarenL

Fun fact! The saying, “to put the cat among the pigeons” was inspired by the caracal. This medium sized wild cat is capable of leaping into the air and knocking down up to a dozen birds at one time! Caracals were historically used for bird hunting in Asia and the Middle East. They were released into arenas with a flock of pigeons, and wagers were made as to how many birds each cat would take down. https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10153942695635603/?type=1&stream_ref=10

LivesInADream

Awesomeeee!

rams4d

Nice shot, congrats

Jared Hersch

Thx everyone for your kind words!

Bhagya Herath

soooooo cute wow amazing

RiekoS

Beautiful spotting and beautiful animal.

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

I can feel the excitement!! It is a beauty, lovely animal, love those ears!! Thank you for sharing, Jared Hersch.