African Serval Photos, Pictures of Pet Serval Cats

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The Serval Cat also known as the tierboskat, is a wild "cat-o-nine-tail" may be in Africa. It is the sole member of the genus Leptailurus and was firstly described by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1776. Eighteen subspecies are recognised. The serval is a slender, medium-sized "cat-o-nine-tail" that stands 54-62 cm( 21-24 in) at the shoulder and weighs 9-18 kg( 20-40 lb ). It is characterised by a small honcho, big ears, a golden-yellow to buff hair spotted and striped with pitch-black, and a short, black-tipped tail. The serval has the longest legs of any "cat-o-nine-tail" relative to its organization size .

Active in the working day as well as at night, servals tend to be solitary with minimal social interaction. Both sexes build highly overlapping dwelling ranges of 10 to 32 km2( 4-12 sq mi ), and commemorate them with feces and saliva. Servals are carnivores- they prey on rodents( specially vlei rats ), small-minded fowls, frogs, bugs, and reptiles. The serval use its sense of hearing to pinpoint the prey; to kill small-scale prey, it leaps over 2 m( 6 ft 7 in) above the sand to land on the prey on its forefeet, and finally kills it with a bite on the cervix or the head. Mating takes home at different times of its first year in different parts of their assortment, but typically once or twice a year in an area. After a gestational period of two to 3 month, a litter of one to four is suffer. Weaning occurs at one month, and kittens begin hunting on their own at six months. The teenagers leave their mother at 12 months .

The serval favors areas with include such as reeds and tall grass and close proximity to sea mass, such as wetlands and savannahs. It is rare in northern Africa and the Sahel, but pervasive in south Africa. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and National resources( IUCN) categorizes the serval as least concern. It occurs in protection areas across its range, and hunting of servals is either proscribed or regulated in several countries .

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