Caracal Gray, 1843
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Caracal Gray, 1843 View in CoL
Felis: Schreber, 1776 View in CoL :pl. 110. Part, not Felis Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL .
Caracal Gray, 1843:46 View in CoL . Type species Caracal melanotis Gray, 1843 (= Felis caracal Schreber, 1776 View in CoL ), by monotypy.
Caracala Gray, 1843 :XX, 202. Nomen nudum; incorrect original spelling of Caracal Gray, 1843 View in CoL that appears in the table of contents (p. XX, before the appearance of Caracal View in CoL ) and index (p. 202).
Urolynchus Severtzov, 1858:389. Type species Lynchus (Urolynchus) caracal View in CoL auct. (“of various authors;” presumably = Schreber, 1776), by monotypy; described as a subgenus of Lynchus Jardine, 1834 (= Lynx Kerr, 1792 View in CoL ).
CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order Carnivora , suborder Feliformia , family Felidae , subfamily Felinae . The genus Caracal includes the following two species: Caracal aurata (formerly Profelis aurata ) and C. caracal ( Kitchener et al. 2017) .
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