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Photograph of caracal kittens in Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve on 16 Febuary 2017 (Photo H. Al Hikmani).
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Despite its wide distribution, little is known about the breeding period or litter size of the caracal Caracal caracal schmitzi in Oman. We present here the first camera trap photograph of twin kittens in the wild.
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... usually contain one to four kittens (Bernard & Stuart 1987). The gestation period is �etween two and three months (Sunquist & Sunquist 2002). Here, we report the first camera�trap record of twin kittens in Oman. A series of photo� graphs taken on 16 Fe�ruary 2017 show two kittens on the southern escarpment of Ja�al Samhan Nature Reserve, Dhofar (Fig. 1). The camera traps, installed for the long�term study of the Ara�ian leopard Panthera pardus nimr, regularly capture one adult caracal and on seven occasions recorded two caracals, most likely �reeding pairs. The cameras have also recorded caracal preying on hyrax and house rats. However, this is the first record of caracal kittens. ...
