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Caracal
	Caracal at Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Pan-Carnivora
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Caracal
Species:	C. caracal
Binomial name
	Caracal caracal; (Schreber, 1776)
	Distribution of Caracal, 2016
Synonyms
	C. aharonii (Matschie, 1912); C. bengalensis (J. B. Fischer, 1829); C. berberorum Matschie, 1892; C. coloniae Thomas, 1926; C. corylinus (Matschie, 1912); C. medjerdae (Matschie, 1912); C. melanotis Gray, 1843; C. melanotix Gray, 1843; C. michaelis Heptner, 1945; C. roothi (Roberts, 1926); C. spatzi (Matschie, 1912);

The caracal (Caracal caracal), also called Persian lynx or African lynx, is a wild cat. Caracals are similar to lynxes, but are more related to the serval. Caracals are the fastest of the small cats.

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Caracal

Caracal at Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Pan-Carnivora
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Caracal
Species:	C. caracal
Binomial name
*Caracal caracal* (Schreber, 1776)

Distribution of Caracal, 2016
Synonyms
C. aharonii (Matschie, 1912) C. bengalensis (J. B. Fischer, 1829) C. berberorum Matschie, 1892 C. coloniae Thomas, 1926 C. corylinus (Matschie, 1912) C. medjerdae (Matschie, 1912) C. melanotis Gray, 1843 C. melanotix Gray, 1843 C. michaelis Heptner, 1945 C. roothi (Roberts, 1926) C. spatzi (Matschie, 1912)