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serval medium-sized African cat , Felis serval, found S of the Sahara in scrub country close to water. The serval is lightly built with very long legs; it has a small head with large eyes and ears, set on a long neck. Its coat is yellow-orange with black spots. The head and body are about 3 ft (91 cm) long and the ringed tail about 12 in. (30 cm) long. The serval is among the swiftest and most agile of cats and catches birds flying as much as 6 ft (1.8 m) from the ground. It also hunts insects, lizards, rodents, hares, and small antelopes. It is classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae.

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serval †lynx; bush cat. XVIII. — modL., F. serval — Pg. (lobo) cerval ‘deer-like (wolf)’, f. cervo :- L. cervus deer; see -AL1.

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