Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Caracal Gray, 1843 . List. Specimens Mamm. Coll. Brit. Mus . p. 46 . TYPE SPECIES: Caracal melanotis Gray, 1843 (= Felis caracal Schreber, 1776 ), by monotypy. SYNONYMS: Urolynchus Severtzov, 1858 .