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Predatory caracal
Caracal predatory mammal of the cat family. For a long time attributed to the caracal lynx, which actually looks like, but a number of genetic characteristics highlight it in a separate genus, nevertheless caracal is closest to the lynx than other cats.
1. Just Caracal known as desert or Berber trot. Externally Caracal resembles a lynx, but smaller, slimmer and with a monochromatic color. The body length of 65-82 cm, tail - 25-30 cm, height at the shoulder about 45 cm; weight - 11-19 kg. The ears and tassels to 5 cm at the ends, and legs developed from coarse hair brush, which facilitates the movement of the sand.
2. The fur is rather short and thick, sandy hair color or a reddish-brown top, bottom whitish; on the sides of the muzzle black markings. Brushes and outer side of the ears - black. Just found caracals-black melanistic, but very rarely.
3. Lives Caracal in arid regions, in all sorts of deserts, sand, glinyastyh. Caracal found in the savannah and steppes, foothills and hilly areas where lives in bushes and trees. Caracal photo.
4. Prefers nocturnal, but in the spring and winter out of the shelter during the day. It shelters are burrows of porcupines and foxes, and sometimes he uses them for several years. Spring caracal may lie just under the bushes.
5. Although caracal long legs, long run it can not, and therefore hunting is not stealing and concealing the victim and overtaking its large (up to 4, 5 m in length) jumps. Of course a short distance Caracal even overtake the hare.
6. With extraordinary rapidity of reaction and very sharp retractable claws, this predator is able to grab one after another few birds flying up from the pack.
7. The name "Caracal" comes from the tour. karakulak «black ear", as the back side of the ears of these cats is black. The main food it serves rodents (gerbils, jerboas, ground squirrels), hares, some small antelope.
8. Breeding at caracals occurs throughout the year, and a female can have up to three partners. After 78-81 days of pregnancy to 1-6 cubs are born. Until they reach the age of one month the female once a day transports them from one den to another.
9. At 6 months, the young leave the mother and caracals settle in his dominions. It becomes sexually mature in 16-18 months.
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Source: review-planet.ru
1. Just Caracal known as desert or Berber trot. Externally Caracal resembles a lynx, but smaller, slimmer and with a monochromatic color. The body length of 65-82 cm, tail - 25-30 cm, height at the shoulder about 45 cm; weight - 11-19 kg. The ears and tassels to 5 cm at the ends, and legs developed from coarse hair brush, which facilitates the movement of the sand.
2. The fur is rather short and thick, sandy hair color or a reddish-brown top, bottom whitish; on the sides of the muzzle black markings. Brushes and outer side of the ears - black. Just found caracals-black melanistic, but very rarely.
3. Lives Caracal in arid regions, in all sorts of deserts, sand, glinyastyh. Caracal found in the savannah and steppes, foothills and hilly areas where lives in bushes and trees. Caracal photo.
4. Prefers nocturnal, but in the spring and winter out of the shelter during the day. It shelters are burrows of porcupines and foxes, and sometimes he uses them for several years. Spring caracal may lie just under the bushes.
5. Although caracal long legs, long run it can not, and therefore hunting is not stealing and concealing the victim and overtaking its large (up to 4, 5 m in length) jumps. Of course a short distance Caracal even overtake the hare.
6. With extraordinary rapidity of reaction and very sharp retractable claws, this predator is able to grab one after another few birds flying up from the pack.
7. The name "Caracal" comes from the tour. karakulak «black ear", as the back side of the ears of these cats is black. The main food it serves rodents (gerbils, jerboas, ground squirrels), hares, some small antelope.
8. Breeding at caracals occurs throughout the year, and a female can have up to three partners. After 78-81 days of pregnancy to 1-6 cubs are born. Until they reach the age of one month the female once a day transports them from one den to another.
9. At 6 months, the young leave the mother and caracals settle in his dominions. It becomes sexually mature in 16-18 months.
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Source: review-planet.ru
