Servals are my favourite cats in the feliidae family including the carcals, wild cats and black footed cats.
Servals are a pale yellow colour with black spots. They have long legs and big ears for good hearing.
Servals stand 60 cm tall. Males weigh 9 – 14 kg females weigh 8 – 12 kg.
Servals feed on rodents, reptiles, small antelopes and birds. According to our awesome guide at Machaba Lodge, they take down baby kudu.
Servals live in tall dry think grass near water. They share their habitat with cane rats and reed buck.
Servals are a pale yellow colour with black spots. They have long legs and big ears for good hearing.
Servals stand 60 cm tall. Males weigh 9 – 14 kg females weigh 8 – 12 kg.
Servals feed on rodents, reptiles, small antelopes and birds. According to our awesome guide at Machaba Lodge, they take down baby kudu.
Servals live in tall dry think grass near water. They share their habitat with cane rats and reed buck.
The name serval is derived from the Portuguese name for the European ‘lynx lobo cerval’.
Servals are good tree climbers and often hide their babies in trees away from lions and hyenas.
Servals are good tree climbers and often hide their babies in trees away from lions and hyenas.
Sometimes they try to get tree agamas (lizards) but like leopards, they sit and relax in trees.
Servals are very good at jumping that’s how they get to the main layer then they jump for the canopy.
I haven’t seen a serval in the wild yet, so these pictures are from the Maputo Natural History Museum.
Servals are very good at jumping that’s how they get to the main layer then they jump for the canopy.
I haven’t seen a serval in the wild yet, so these pictures are from the Maputo Natural History Museum.
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