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Mozafari, G.G.; Zeraatpishe, A.; Chahartaghi, N.R.; Ghoddousi, A.
The first record of caracal in Bamu National Park, Iran
2018  Cat News (68): 20-20

During a camera trapping survey to assess the population of Persian leopard _Panthera pardus saxicolor_ in Bamu National Park BNP, a caracal _Caracal caracal _was captured by camera trap for the first time. This is the first confirmed report of the caracal from Bamu. The closest locality where the species is known to occur is almost 60 km (aerial distance) away, the south-east of Bakhtegan National Park.

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