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SERVAL (Felis serval)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 684 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SERVAL (Felis serval) , an See also:African wildcat, ranging from See also:Algeria to the Cape. It is of See also:medium See also:size, with See also:long limbs, See also:short tail, and tawny See also:fur spotted with See also:black; the See also:head and See also:body may measure 40 in. and the tail 16 in. Messrs See also:Nicolls and Eglington, See also:joint authors of The Sportsman in See also:South See also:Africa, See also:state that the serval is fairly See also:common in South Central Africa, frequenting the thick See also:bush near See also:rivers, and preying on the smaller ante-See also:lopes, See also:guinea-fowls and francolins. The mantles made from its skin are reserved for chiefs and dignitaries of native tribes. Serval kittens can be tamed with little trouble, but are difficult to See also:rear.

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