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Serval
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Serval Description |
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Resembling
a small Cheetah, with its slim body and long limbs,
the Serval has a yellow coat with dark spots that tend
to merge into longitudinal stripes on the back and head.
It's large ears are rounded, and its tail has several
dark rings and a black tip The male Serval cats are
generally larger than the females.
Preferring to live among reeds fringing wetlands, this
cat hunts rats, birds, fish, frogs, and large insects
such as locusts.Servals usually hunt at dusk, it's long
neck and legs, raising its head above the tall grass,
allowing it to spot its prey.
Once the prey is located, the Serval can leap up to
13ft ( 4 m ) horizontally, and 3 1/4 ft ( 1 m ) vertically,
to strike it's victum with its forepaws. It uses a shrill
cry to communicate, and also growls and purrs.
Servals help farmers, since they prey on locusts and
rats and rarely hunt livestock.
Due to their concentration along riverbanks, they are
exposed to the dangers of being hunted, and habitat
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