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Research overview: the eight lineages of living cats
OverviewMolecular phylogenetics partitions all living cats into eight monophyletic lineages, a framework that now organizes felid taxonomy. This overview names and characterizes them: the Panthera lineage (bi…
Research overview: the eight lineages of the cat family Felidae
OverviewModern cats are divided into eight monophyletic lineages: the Panthera lineage (lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, snow leopards, clouded leopards), the bay cat lineage, the caracal lineage, the ocelot…
Research overview: the genus revision uniting caracal and African golden cat
OverviewMolecular work prompted a revision in which the African golden cat moved from Profelis into Caracal, formally becoming Caracal aurata. This overview examines the evidence and reasoning behind the chan…
Research overview: the serval and its place in the caracal lineage
OverviewThe serval, a long-legged African grassland cat, is the third member of the caracal lineage alongside the caracal and African golden cat. This overview reviews its taxonomic placement in the genus Lep…
Research overview: urban caracals on the Cape Peninsula
OverviewLong-term GPS-collar research on caracals around Cape Town has made this population one of the best-studied urban small-cat systems. This overview compiles findings on how caracals navigate a peninsul…
Research overview: water resources and riparian corridors for urban felids
OverviewWater sources and riparian corridors are disproportionately important to felids in human-dominated landscapes, providing drinking water, prey, cover and movement routes through otherwise hostile devel…
Research synthesis: caracal conservation status
ReviewThis synthesis reviews the conservation standing of the caracal, generally assessed as low risk given its wide range and adaptability, while flagging serious regional concerns. It weighs heavy persecu…
The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment
PaperThis influential study reconstructed the molecular phylogeny of all living cat species and dated their diversification, establishing the framework of eight major felid lineages used ever since. Using…
Johnson WE, Eizirik E, Pecon-Slattery J, et al. · Science · 2006
Widespread anticoagulant poison exposure in predators in a rapidly growing African city
PaperThis study from the Urban Caracal Project documented extensive exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides among caracals and other predators in and around Cape Town, South Africa. Screening showed that mo…
Serieys LEK, Bishop J, Okes N, Broadfield J, Winterton DJ, Poppenga RH, Viljoen S, Wayne RK, ORiain MJ · Science of the Total Environment · 2019