Caracal caracal schmitzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: Caracal
Species: Caracal caracal
Subspecies: Caracal caracal schmitzi

Name

Caracal caracal schmitzi (Matschie, 1912): 64

Holotype: ZMB Mam 14347

Type locality: "Ain ed dschuheijir nordwestlich des Toten Meeres"; Israel.

Eponymy: Ernst Schmitz [Matschie, 1912: 65]

Synonymy

• Felis caracal bengalensis Fischer, 1829: 210 [preoccupied: Felis bengalensis Kerr, 1792: 151]
• Felis (Caracal) caracal schmitzi Matschie, 1912: 64 [​protonym​]
• Felis (Caracal) caracal aharonii Matschie, 1912: 66
• Felis (Caracal) caracal michaelis Heptner, 1945: 230
• Felis (Lynx) caracal michaelis
• Caracal caracal aharonii
• Caracal caracal michaelis
• Caracal caracal schmitzi

References

Primary references

• Fischer, J.B. 1829. Synopsis Mammalium. Stuttgart. J.G. Cotta. Reference page. 
• Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan and T. Cadell: London; W. Creech: Edinburgh. XII + 30 unnumbered + 1–400 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Matschie, P. 1912. Über einige Rassen des Steppenluchses Felis (Caracal) caracal (St. Müll.). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 55–67. BHL Reference page. 
• Heptner, V.G. 1945. Position systématique du caracal du Turkestan (Felis caracal Mull., 1776). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences de l'URSS 49(3): 229–230. Reference page. 

Links

• Caracal caracal schmitzi in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Asiatic Caracal
español: Caracal asiático
русский: Азиатский каракал