Caracal * Rooikat * Caracal Caracal

It can leap higher than 3.0 m (10 ft) and catch birds in midair. It stalks its prey until it is within 5 m (16 ft) of it, after which it runs it down and kills its prey with a bite to the throat or to the back of the neck.

The caracal is a medium-sized wild cat and known in Afrikaans as the "Rooikat". It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted ears, and long canine teeth. Its coat is uniformly reddish tan or sandy. It weighs 8–19 kg (18–42 lb).

Typically nocturnal, the caracal is highly secretive and difficult to observe. It is territorial, and lives mainly alone or in pairs. The caracal is a carnivore that typically preys upon small mammals, birds, and rodents. 
By Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa - Caracal on the road, early morning in Kgalagadi, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61699151
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By € Van 3000 from belgium belgikske belgiquistan - United Tribes ov Europe - Caracal, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2380530
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