caracal vs. lynx

noun

  1. a slender, catlike mammal, Lynx caracal, with a reddish-brown coat and long tufted ears, inhabiting northern Africa and India.

  2. the fur of this animal.

noun

plural

lynxes 
,

plural

lynx 
,

genitive

Lyncis .
  1. any of several wildcats of the genus Lynx (orFelis ), having long limbs, a short tail, and usually tufted ears, especially L. lynx Canada lynx, of Canada and the northern United States, having grayish-brown fur marked with white.

  2. (initial capital letter),  a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Auriga.