Caracal (carnivore)

Abundance: 0.04 to 30.42% (median 0.51%)

Latitudinal range: -34.3° to 36.9°

Habitats: (25), Mediterranean woodland (2), desert/xeric shrubland (4), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), temperate coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (14)

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Found in 54 samples

Botswana: Moritsane (Holocene)

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Jordan: Dana Nature Reserve

Kenya: Lainyamok (Middle Pleistocene)

Lesotho: Sehonghong (GWA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (ALP) (Holocene), Sehonghong (SA) (Holocene), Sehonghong (RF) (Late Pleistocene), Sehonghong (RBL/CLBRF) (Late Pleistocene)

Morocco: Zouhrah Cave (L 0) (Late Pleistocene), Zouhrah Cave (L 2) (Late Pleistocene)

Namibia: Waterberg Plateau Park (surrounding flatlands), Waterberg Escarpment, Waterberg Plateau Park, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Etosha Region

Oman: Southwest Dhofar Mountains

Republic of the Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Forestry Management Unit Ngombé

South Africa: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (riverine vegetation), Groenefontein Nature Reserve (thicket vegetation), Drakensberg Midlands, Garden Route National Park (Site 1), Between George and Karatara, Kloof/Hillcrest, Sibudu Cave (Pinkish Grey Sand) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1A) (Holocene), Equus Cave (Unit 1B) (Late Pleistocene), Table Mountain National Park, Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1), Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2), Boomplaas Cave (Member BLD) (Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BRL) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member CL) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member GWA) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member BP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member OLP) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member OCH) (Late Pleistocene), Boomplaas Cave (Member LOH) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene)

Sudan: Gala Abu Ahmed (Holocene), Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene)

Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Tli’ika

Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season)

Turkey: Marmaris, Koycegiz Wildlife Development Reserve

Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mainaro

Yemen: Hawf

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

See also Caracal aurata, Caracal caracal