Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Lynx caracal (Schreber, 1776) . Saugethiere, 3: pl. 106 (text 3:413, 1777 ). TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa , Cape Prov. , Cape of Good Hope, Table Mountain . DISTRIBUTION: Steppe and savanna from Turkestan and N.W. India to Egypt , Algeria and Morocco ; Subsaharan Africa in savanna zones. COMMENT: Provisionally placed by Werdelin, 1981 , Ann. Zool. Fenn., 18:37-71, in genus Caracal ; see also comment under Lynx . PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae and CITES - Appendix I as Felis caracal, Asian population only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001005001 as Felis caracal .