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Predators
Serval
Serval · Leptailurus serval
The Serval moves silently through the savannas, its spotted coat making it almost invisible to the untrained eye.
Fact file
- Size
- Body length 60 to 100 cm, shoulder height about 55 cm, weight 9 to 18 kg
- Males and females
- Males slightly larger than females, otherwise hardly distinguishable externally
- Sounds
- Growling, chirping and soft meowing for communication
- Diet
- Feeds mainly on rodents, birds, frogs and occasionally reptiles
- Offspring
- Two to three young after around 75 days of gestation, usually in the rainy season
How to identify Serval
The Serval is a medium-sized wild cat with a slender body, long legs and a short tail. Its coat is golden yellow with striking black spots and stripes that give it a distinctive pattern.
Particularly characteristic are the unusually large, rounded ears that look like satellite dishes. The legs are exceptionally long in relation to the body and give the Serval an elegant, almost stilt-legged silhouette.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- one place where you can see Serval
Where Serval live
Discover Serval on your trip.
The app shows you where and when to see wildlife along your route.
