Caracals are sometimes called desert lynxes, they have short tails and tufted ears like the lynx and bobcat, but they have short, solid reddish colored fur. They're still common in southern Africa but in the
middle east they're more rare. This Caracal is a Turkmenistan subspecies.

Photographed at The Cat House
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