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MammalMAP:   9941
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418AB
Observer:   Uys Charmaine
Date of record:   2014-05-11
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Two individuals spotted at the bottom of the garden, moving between sunny patches on the lawn and into the dense cover of Yellowwood trees for about 30 mins from 09h45. There is a sort of green belt around a canal below the property and just below where the caracals were seen. The friskier individual (right in photo 2)was chasing the other , calmer individual as if playing 'tag' around the trees. I was standing 15m away taking photos.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   191660
Species name:   Caracal caracal
Common name:   Caracal -- Caracal
Family:   Felidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Caracal (Felis caracal)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-9941
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9941 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9941 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2014-06-27 17:03:34
Species name:   Caracal caracal -- Caracal; Caracal
Species code:   191660

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