Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
         Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats
           Subfamily Felinae Batsch, 1788
             Genus Caracal Gray, 1843
               Caracal caracal (Schreber, 1776) - caracal
                 1 [Caracal caracal caracal] (Schreber, 1776)
                 2 Caracal caracal algira (Wagner, 1841)
                 3 Caracal caracal damarensis (Roberts, 1926)
                 4 Caracal caracal limpopoensis (Roberts, 1926)
                 5 Caracal caracal lucani (Rochebrune, 1885)
                 6 Caracal caracal nubica (Fischer, 1829)
                 7 Caracal caracal poecilotis Thomas & Hinton, 1921
                 8 Caracal caracal schmitzi (Matschie, 1912)