caracal, desert lynx (Caracal caracal)

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Subject:	caracal, desert lynx (Caracal caracal)
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Artist Jacques Christophe Werner (1798–1856)
Creator:C. de Lasteyrie
Description
Felis caracal
Date 1818-1842
Source/Photographer Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, Histoire naturelle des mammifères, pl. 225
Old Latin name Felis caracal
New Latin name Caracal caracal
Common name Nederlands: Caracal
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felis_caracal_-_1818-1842_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-(White_Background).jpg

The caracal or desert lynx (Caracal caracal) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and India. Its natural habitat includes semi-deserts, open savannas, shrublands, moist woodlands and montane forests.

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