MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Caracal caracal

Accepted taxon: Caracal caracal
Taxon:	Caracal caracal
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Felidae \| Felinae \| Caracal
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Caracal caracal diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 9, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 5, CP (Crude Protein) 60, EE (Ether Extract) 25. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Caracal caracal.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Aves	WHOLE	34.52	Damuth, J…
Rodentia	WHOLE	19.44	Grzimek,B…
Mammalia	WHOLE	11.11	Damuth, J…
Bovidae	WHOLE	10.32	Grzimek,B…
Lepus	WHOLE	7.14	Grzimek,B…
Hyracoidea	WHOLE	5.95	Grzimek,B…
Artiodactyla	WHOLE	5.56	Damuth, J…
Tragelaphus	WHOLE	3.57	Grzimek,B…
Cervus	WHOLE	2.38	Grzimek,B…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Caracal caracal.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore, Frugivore	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554, Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	– Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Caracal caracal.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	central Karoo	g	6	-	-	6	-	11,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	Namaqualand	g	7	-	-	7	-	12,900	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	4,100	-	23,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	central Karoo	g	6	-	6	-	-	9,100	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	11,964	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	Namaqualand	g	4	-	4	-	-	8,200	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	Namaqualand	mm	4	-	4	-	-	682	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	central Karoo	mm	6	-	-	6	-	824	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	Namaqualand	mm	7	-	-	7	-	818	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	central Karoo	mm	6	-	6	-	-	772	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Caracal caracal.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	Nelson, A…
relative blade length (RBL)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Juhn, M.S…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Caracal caracal.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Caracal caracal	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Caracal caracal	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Felis caracal	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Caracal caracal	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Felis caracal	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species	Verified - Accepted
Caracal caracal	Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Caracal caracal	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Caracal caracal	Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Caracal caracal	Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Caracal caracal	Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Caracal caracal	Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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