caracal

Summary

caracal is a taxon^[1]. caracal ranks in the top 0.09% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,360 views/month, #175 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• caracal's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• caracal is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• caracal's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• caracal belongs to the parent taxon Caracal^[6].
• caracal's scientific name is Caracal caracal^[7].
• caracal is a type of big cat^[8].
• caracal's Commons category is recorded as Caracal caracal^[9].
• caracal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caracal caracal^[10].
• caracal's Commons gallery is recorded as Caracal caracal^[11].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Hyracoidea^[12].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as impala^[13].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Dorcas gazelle^[14].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Madoqua^[15].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Raphicerus sharpei^[16].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Mountain reedbuck^[17].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Eudorcas thomsonii^[18].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Sylvicapra grimmia^[19].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Lepus capensis^[20].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Bush vlei rat^[21].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as African Penguin^[22].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as gerenuk^[23].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as meerkat^[24].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as carrion^[25].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Helmeted Guineafowl^[26].
• caracal's main food source is recorded as Felis lybica^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, caracal is Caracal caracal^[7]. caracal is classified at the rank of species^[4]. caracal belongs to the parent taxon Caracal^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lince Africano'}^[28], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lynx Du Désert'}^[29], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Caracal'}^[30], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian Caracal'}^[31], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Caracal'}^[32], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Desert Lynx'}^[33].

Identifiers

caracal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42042^[34]. caracal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 61394^[35]. caracal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 312855^[36]. caracal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435010^[37]. caracal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552775^[38].

Why It Matters

caracal ranks in the top 0.09% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,360 views/month, #175 of 195,241).^[2] caracal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] caracal is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]