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Serval

The serval (Leptailurus serval) is a wild small cat native to Africa. It is widespread in sub-Saharan countries, where it inhabits grasslands, wetlands, moorlands and bamboo thickets. Across its range, it occurs in protected areas, and hunting it is either prohibited or regulated in range countries.

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Serval

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Triples174
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Conservation · 32
Serval → Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, CITES Appendix II, Congo, Democratic Republic, Ghana, Hunting, In West Africa, It, IUCN Red List, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria
related to Distribution and habitat · 22
Serval → Alatash, Algeria, Dinder, East Sudanian Savanna, Free State, In, In Namibia, In North Africa, In South Africa, In Zambia's Luambe National, It, Khaudum, Mediterranean Sea, Morocco, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mudumu National Parks, North West, Northern Cape, Park, Sahel
related to Taxonomy · 21
Serval → Algeria, Blue Nile, Constantine, El Garef, Entebbe, Felis, Georg Forster, Glover Morrill Allen, In, Johann Andreas Wagner, Johann Christian Daniel, Kenya, Mombasa, Paul Matschie, Reginald Innes Pocock, Schreber, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda
related to Reproduction · 18
Serval → At, Births, Blind, Both, Botswana, East African Mammals, Gestation, He, If, Kittens, Life, Ngorongoro Crater, Observations, Oestrus, The, They, Weaning, Zoologist Jonathan Kingdon
related to Phylogeny · 15
Serval → According, Africa, African, Bell, Bininda-Edmonds, Caracal, Felidae, Felis, Leptailurus, Lynx, McKenna, Munich, Studies, Technical University, The
related to Hunting and diet · 12
Serval → African, Apart, During, It, Larger, Ngorongoro, Scavenging, Servals, Snakes, The, To, Up
related to Etymology · 10
Serval → Buffon, Comte, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Greek, Latin, Leptailurus, Portuguese, Royal Menagerie, The, Versailles
related to Behaviour and ecology · 7
Serval → Aggressive, Both, During, Home, On, Servals, The
related to External links · 6
Serval → African Wildlife Foundation, Archived, December, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, March, Retrieved
is a · 5
Serval → carnivore that preys on rodents, efficient, slender, sole member of this genus.In 1944, solitary carnivore and active both by day and at night

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servals cat prey one range africa mother felis three small hunting head 12 months leptailurus rodents proposed observed areas cm

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Servalis aslender0.90text
Servalis asolitary carnivore and active both by day and at night0.90text
Servalis asole member of this genus.In 19440.90text
Servalis aefficient0.90text
Servalis acarnivore that preys on rodents0.90text
wetlandinstance ofIt prefers areas close to water bodies0.80text
savannainstance ofIt prefers areas close to water bodies0.80text
which provide cover such as reedsinstance ofIt prefers areas close to water bodies0.80text
tall grassesinstance ofIt prefers areas close to water bodies0.80text
duikersinstance ofoccasionally it also hunts larger prey0.80text
haresinstance ofoccasionally it also hunts larger prey0.80text
flamingoesinstance ofoccasionally it also hunts larger prey0.80text

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