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African golden cat

Caracal aurata

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

Datasheet

Sex: male

Age: adult

Skull length: 12.9 cm

Skull width: 8.0 cm

Skull height: 6.2 cm

Skull weight: 67.3 g

Owner: Hungarian Natural History Museum

Inventory number: 2017.14.1.

Collecting date: unknown

Collecting area: Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Uploaded: 26 April 2018

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African golden cat (Caracal aurata) skull

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