A caracal is the largest African small cat and is mostly considered a wildcat, aka desert lynx. These wildcats are endangered and one was recently found in the suburbs of Chicago.

A caracal that had recently been on the loose in a suburban Chicago neighborhood has officially been captured, nearly 24 hours after officials warned residents of the exotic cat in the area.

Attention residents of the Northwest suburbs: A caracal that had recently been on the loose in a neighborhood has officially been captured, nearly 24 hours after officials warned residents of the ...

Authorities cornered the caracal – a protected, endangered species of cat noted for the distinctive tufts a fur atop its long ears – under the deck of a home on Hoffman Estates, about 30 miles ...

A recent photo shows the animal, a caracal, sitting alert in what appears to be a flower bed outside of a home in Hoffman Estates. Hoffman Estates is a suburb of Chicago, and a roughly 35-mile dri ...

Authorities used a pole with a cord on the end to lasso and cage the caracal Tuesday from beneath the deck of a home in Hoffman Estates after the large cat was first spotted in the area last week.

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CHICAGO (WBBM) -- A caracal is something you might expect to see on a safari in central or southern Africa, not in Chicago's northwest suburbs. But Hoffman Estates police said one of the exotic cats ...

Caracals, an internationally protected species, are native to Africa, the Middle East and India, per the Smithsonian’s ...