ETYM Cf. French serval.
Slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat; SYN. Felis serval.
African wild cat Felis serval. It is a slender, long-limbed cat, about 1 m/3 ft long, with a yellowish-brown, black-spotted coat. It has large, sensitive ears, with which it locates its prey, mainly birds and rodents.