Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Felidae
- ----- species: Leptailurus serval
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Characteristics: | carnivore; height 55-65cm; the Serval is a slender cat with long legs, a small head and large rounded ears; the colour ranges from dull white to golden-yellow with black stripes down the neck and black spots on the body; it can be distinguished from the Cheetah by the lack of tear marks and the larger ears; |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0116
- KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0119
- Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0702
- Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0907
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1012
- Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
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References: | Cillié 1997: 118 |