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| African Golden Cat AF | | African wildcat nEU,NA,AF,AS | | Amazonian cougar SA | | Amazonian Margay SA | Amur leopard cat
(Tsushima leopard cat) EU ,nEU,AS | | Amur lynx nEU | Andean cat
(Mountain cat) SA | Andean oncilla
(Andean little spotted cat) SA | | Arabian sand cat EU ,AS,nEU,NA | Argentine cougar
(South-eastern puma) | Asian golden cat
(Temminck's golden cat)
(no subspecies-status) EU ,AS | | Asiatic cheetah | | Bay cat | | Black-footed cat AF,NA | | Bobcat EU ,nEU,NA,SA | | Bolivian margay | | Bornean leopard cat | | Brazilian cougar SA | | Brazilian margay SA | | Brazilian ocelot NA | | California cougar | | Canadian lynx EU ,NA,nEU | Caracal
(no subspecies-status) AF,EU ,NA,nEU,AS,SA,AU | | Carpathian lynx EU ,nEU,NA | | Carribean Ocelot | | Caspian steppe-wildcat | | Caucasian jungle cat AS | | Caucasian lynx AS | | Caucasian wildcat | | Central American cougar NA | | Central American jaguarundi SA | | Central American margay EU ,NA | | Central American ocelot NA | | Central American ocelot SA | Central Asian lynx
(Altai lynx) nEU,EU ,AS | Central Asian pallas' cat
(Middle-asian pallas' cat) | Central Chilean colocolo
(Central Chilean pampas cat)
(Grass cat) | Cheetah
(no subspecies-status) AS | Chilean cougar
(Chilean puma) EU | | Chinese golden cat | | Chinese leopard cat AS | Chinese mountain cat
(Chinese desert cat) AS | Common caracal
(Southern caracal) EU ,AS,AF,AU,NA | Cougar
(Puma)
(No subspecific status) nEU,EU ,SA,AS,NA,AF | | Damara caracal NA | | East African cheetah | | East African wild cat nEU | | Eastern cougar | | Eastern serval | | Ecuador Ocelot | | Ecuadorian cougar SA | | Egyptian jungle cat EU | Eurasian lynx
(no subspecies-status) EU ,nEU,AS,NA,AF,SA | | European wildcat EU ,nEU,AS | Fishing cat
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS,AU,NA | | Flat-headed cat AS | Florida cougar
(Florida puma)
(Florida panther) NA | Geoffroy's cat
(Mountain cat) EU ,NA,nEU,SA | | Gordon's wild cat AS,EU ,NA | | Himalayan Pallas's cat | Iberian lynx
(Pardel lynx)
(Spanish lynx) EU | Indian desert cat
(Steppe wild cat) | | Indian jungle cat AS | | Indochina jungle cat | Indochinese leopard cat
(Common leopard cat) EU ,nEU,AS | | Irkutsk lynx nEU | Jaguarundi
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,SA,NA | | Javan fishing cat | | Javan leopard cat AS | Jungle cat
(no subspecies-status) EU ,NA,nEU,AS,AF | Kalahari Wild cat
(South Angolan cat) | | Kashmir jungle cat AS | | Kodkod SA | Leopard cat
(No Subspecific status) EU ,AS,NA | | Marbled cat nEU,AS | Margay
(no subspecies status) AF,AS,SA,NA | Margay
(subspecies vigens) | | Missouri cougar EU ,NA | | North African caracal | | North African serval AF | | Northeastern oncilla | Northern colocolo
(Garlepp`s pampas cat)
(Northern pampas cat) SA | | Northern lynx EU ,nEU | | Northwest African cheetah | | Nubian caracal | Ocelot
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,SA,NA,AS,AF | Oncilla
(Little spotted cat)
(Little tiger cat)
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,NA,SA | | Oregon cougar NA | | Pakistan sand cat | | Palastine wild cat AS,NA | | Palawan leopard cat EU | | Palestine jungle cat AS | Pallas' cat
(No Subspecific status) AS | Pampas cat
(Colocolo)
(No Subspecific status) SA | Pearson's puma
(Patagonian puma) | | Philippines leopard cat AS | | Russian jungle cat | | Saharan sand cat NA,AS | Sand cat
(No Subspecific status) NA | Schmitz's caracal
(Arabian caracal) AS | | Scottish wildcat nEU,EU | Serval
(no subspecies-status) EU ,nEU,NA,AS,AU,SA | | Siberian lynx EU ,nEU,NA | Siberian pallas' cat
(Mongolian pallas' cat) EU ,nEU,NA,AS | | South African cheetah EU ,nEU,AU,AS,AF,NA,SA | | South-east Asian golden cat AS,nEU,EU | | Southern Africa wild cat AF | Southern colocolo
(Southern pampas cat) SA | | Southern jaguarundi | Southern oncilla
(Southern tiger cat)
(Southern Brazilian little spotted cat) EU ,SA | Southern serval
(Cape serval) EU ,AS,AF | | Sri Lankan jungle cat | | Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat EU ,nEU,AS,NA | | Sudan cheetah EU ,nEU,AS,AF | | Sumatran leopard cat | | Tibetan golden cat EU | Turcmenian caracal
(Russian caracal) | | Turkestan sand cat | Uganda serval
(North Angolan serval) AF | | Uganda wildcat | | Venezuelan ocelot SA | | West African serval AF | | West African wild cat | Wild cat
(No Subspecific status) | | Yucatan margay nEU,EU ,SA,NA | |
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African Golden Cat
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Caracal aurata
(Syn.: Profelis aurata)
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(TEMMINCK, 1827) |
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Photo by: Archiv Artis Zoo Amsterdam (mit freundl. Genehmigung) | | | Additional images here: www.biolib.cz |
| | Number of Subspecies: | 02 | | Subspecies: | 01. Profelis aurata aurata - C Africa E to Kenya
02. P. a. celidogaster - W Africa
Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009 | | Information Source for Taxonomy: | Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
| | Range: | West-Africa to Kenya | | Habitat: | Moist forest along rivers, Secondary undergrowth, montane forests, alpine moorlands, bamboo forests | | Head-Torso-Length: | 61,5 - 101 cm | | Tail length: | 16 - 35 cm | | Weight: | 6 - 16 kg | | Food: | Meat | | IUCN status: | VU (Vulnerable)
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