#caracal aurata

Recently, I had the privilege of traveling to Lopé National Park in Gabon for a conservation field trip and while I was there I had the further privilege of seeing some of the groundbreaking camera trap research that is going on there. Some of the big cats that had been sighted in the National Park include leopards and African golden cats, and other species such as caracals and servals inhabit other parts of the country. 

We spotted this elusive African golden cat on our camera trap footage whilst we were there, one of very few images of this species in existence. 

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