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The caracal has a total of 30 teeth; the dental formula is 3.1.3.1 3.1.2.1. The deciduous dentition is 3.1.2 3.1.2. The canines are up to 2 cm (0.79 in) long and sharp. The caracal lacks the second upper premolars, and the upper molars are diminutive. [18] The large paws have four digits in the hind legs and five in the fore legs.
Caracal is a genus in the subfamily Felinae of the family Felidae. It was proposed by John Edward Gray in 1843 who described a skin from the Cape of Good Hope in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. [2] Historically, it was considered to be a monotypic genus, consisting of only the type species: the caracal C. caracal. [1]
Felis rubiginosa was the scientific name used by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1831 for a rusty-spotted cat specimen from Pondicherry, India. [5] Prionailurus was proposed by Nikolai Severtzov in 1858 as a generic name. [6]
The margay is very similar to the larger ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in appearance, although the head is a little shorter, the eyes larger, and the tail and legs longer.It weighs from 2.6 to 4 kg (5.7 to 8.8 lb), with a body length of 48 to 79 cm (19 to 31 in) and a tail length of 33 to 51 cm (13 to 20 in).
The caraval (also called a cara-serval) is the hybrid cross between a male caracal and a female serval. They have a spotted pattern similar to the serval, but on a ...
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Guard hairs are up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long on the neck, back and flanks, and are merely 1 cm (0.39 in) long on the face. [23] [26] The serval has a good sense of smell, hearing and vision. [23] The serval is similar to the sympatric caracal, but has a narrower spoor, a rounder skull, and lacks its prominent ear tufts. [21]
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