Caracal, a species of lynx native to Africa and the warmer parts of Asia. It is reddish-brown with white underparts, and its ears are tufted with long black hairs. The caracal is a very powerful and fierce animal, somewhat larger than a fox.
A caracal is a golden wild cat that lives in dry regions from Africa to India. A caracal has large black ears. Like a lynx, a caracal has long tufts of hair at the tips of its ears. A caracal’s ears look striking. And like the ears of other cat-family members, the caracal’s ears also give clues about what the animal is feeling or ready to do.
When a caracal is watching or listening to something, its ears are stiff and point straight up. When a caracal is resting, its ears are relaxed, pointing forward and out. If a caracal is frightened, it flattens its ears straight back against its head. When a caracal is ready to attack, it turns its ears toward its back, but it does not completely flatten them.
The caracal is Felis caracal of the cat family, Felidae.
