Her name is Peggy, and she is a caracal living at the Oregon Zoo. Caracals are a wild species of cat who live around Western Asia and Africa. Something interesting about caracals are that their pupils are round, not slits (like other cats).
And check out those ears!
When I first saw this photo, I immediately thought of an Egyptian hieroglyph. The ears curved to make a shape like those headdresses Egyptian gods wear. Like this (figure on right):
The lady who took Peggy's photo above is a really awesome animal photographer. She hangs about the Oregon Zoo and documents the lives of the animals there, it's really quite fun to get to know all of the animals through her beautiful photography. Check her gallery out here!
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