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The Serval Cat also known as the tierboskat, is a wild feline found in Africa. It is the sole member of the genus Leptailurus and was first 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 intelligence, large ears, a golden-yellow to buff coat spotted and striped with pitch-black, and a short, black-tipped posterior. The serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its mas sizing .

Active in the working day as well as at night, servals tend to be solitary with minimal social interaction. Both sexes demonstrate highly overlapping dwelling ranges of 10 to 32 km2( 4-12 sq mi ), and recognize them with feces and saliva. Servals are carnivores- they prey on rodents( especially vlei rats ), small-scale birds, frogs, bugs, and reptiles. The serval uses its sense of hearing to pinpoint the target; to kill small-scale prey, it leaps over 2 m( 6 ft 7 in) above the floor to land on the prey on its forefeet, and finally kills it with a bite on the neck or the psyche. Mating takes neighbourhood 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 stand. Weaning occurs at one month, and kittens begin hunting on their own at six months. The adolescents leave their father at 12 months .

The serval opts areas with embrace such as reeds and towering grass and proximity to ocean torsoes, such as wetlands and savannah. 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 refer. It occurs in protection areas across its range, and hunting of servals is either proscribed or regulated in several countries .

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