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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books on: Serval  - 67 results

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53 Days: A Novel
Book by Georges Perec, Harry Mathews, Jacques Roubaud, David Bellos; David R. Godine, 1999
Subjects: Fiction
...that could also be true!! Serval really did subsitute himself...off as a hero, etc. Madame Serval knew. But thats not at all...final reversal 128 256 Has Serval read story A? Obviously not...revolver in the glove-box: Servals. No fingerprints.
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia - Vol. 17
Book by Maurice Burton, Robert Burton; Marshall Cavendish, 2002
Subjects: Zoology--Dictionaries
The servals large, vertically set ears...whereabouts of prey. Servaline or serval? The servaline was originally...only a color phase of the serval. In 1915 an African in Sierra...found two kittens, one a serval and the other a servaline...
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Prelude to the Partition of West Africa
Book by John D. Hargreaves; Macmillan, 1963
Subjects: Africa, West--Colonization, Africa, West--Commerce--History, Europeans--Africa, West
...pour le ministre, 23 July 1877; Note by Serval, 30 April 1878; MMC, Afrique IV/IO...1877. 2 MAE, Afrique 76, Report by Serval, 23 April 1878; cf. Note by dElteil, 28 Sept. 1879. 3 ibid., Report by Serval, 23 April 1878. Text of treaty printed...
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Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo
Book by William M. Mann; Smithsonian Institution, 1930
Subjects: Animal Behavior
...Felis azteca Mexican puma * 11 8 2 capensis hindei East African serval * 2 4 1 caracal nubica Abyssinian lynx * 3 4 1 chrysothrix...Leopard 15 4 8 pardus suahelicus East African leopard * 2 4 5 serval Serval 7 4 4 tigrina Margay cat 1 8
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Nuer Prophets: A History of Prophecy from the Upper Nile in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Book by Douglas H. Johnson; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Nuer (African People)--Religious Life, Prophecy--History--19th Century, Prophecy--History--20th Century, Prophets--Sudan--History--19th Century, Prophets--Sudan--History--20th Century, Sudan--Religion
...Bring me my apron buong , bring me my apron. Deng Laka was given a serval cats skin thoan mibor which he put on. He began jabbing from side...thoan mibor but later called it a tuac , which could be either a serval cat or leopard-skin.
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journal articles on: Serval  - 6 results

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From "53 Days
Journal article by Georges Perec, David Bellos; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 13, 1993
Subjects: 53 Days (Book)--Excerpts, Autobiographies--Excerpts
...there had either rung Serval that night or summoned...days later. Meanwhile, Servals red Jaguar was found...just about nothing: Serval caught no plane, boarded...the mystery of Robert Servals disappearance. Funnily enough, I cant really see Serval as an old boy from Etampes...
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Reader-Investigators in the Post-Nouveau Roman: Lahougue, Peeters, and Perec
Journal article by Michel Sirvent; The Romanic Review, Vol. 88, 1997
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories--France, French fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lahougue, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Peeters, Benoit--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Perec, Georges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...A detective novel author, Serval, mysteriously disappears...charge of reading the notes of Servals novel entitled "La Crypte...is a homonym of the author, Serval. As in <<53 jours...internal duplications, the Serval of "La Crypte" must also...
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Ethoseq: a Tool for Phylogenetic Analysis and Data Mining in Behavioral Sequences
Journal article by Hilton F. Japyassú, Carlos C. Alberts, Patrícia Izar, Takechi Sato; Behavior Research Methods, Vol. 38, 2006
Subjects: Animal behavior, Data mining, Evolution, Matrix, Studies
...domestic cat (Felis catus); the Bengal cat (Felis bengalensis); the caracal lynx (Felis caracal); the serval (Felis serval); Geoffroys cat (Felis geqffroyi); and the Asiatic golden cat (Felis temminckii). The felid nomenclature...
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About the Destruction Date of the Medieval Castle of Otepaa/Otepaa Linnuse Havimisdaatumist
Journal article by Ain Maesalu; Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 14, 2010
Subjects: Archaeology--Research, Castles--Research, Historic sites--Research, Middle Ages--Research
...servale oleksid suutnud linnuse kaitsemuurid kergesti puruks lasta. Kuna linnuse ringmuur paiknes kullalt jarsu-nolvalise mae serval, siis polnud selle ette voimalik kuhjata ka taiendavaid muldkindlustusi. Polengu tagajarjel kuhjus pealinnuse sissekaigu kohale...
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Corrupted Justice and the Schizophrenic State in Colombia
Journal article by Javier Giraldo S.J.; Social Justice, Vol. 26, 1999
Subjects: Colombia--Politics and government, Criminal justice, Administration of--Colombia, Human rights--Investigations, Political corruption--Colombia, Political persecution--Colombia, Social justice--Colombia
...president of Metas Civic Human Rights Committee, lawyer Josue Giraldo Cardon. Several years before, he had been threatened, and serval times beforehe had given declaratioins before the Prosecutor Generals office concering these threats. In his depositions he...
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magazine articles on: Serval  - 10 results

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Two Species, One Design
Magazine article by Fiona Sunquist; International Wildlife, Vol. 26, September 1996
Subjects: Animal behavior--Physiological aspects, Convergence (Biology)--Physiological aspects, Origin of species--Physiological aspects
...families. Among cats, the wiry serval is odd-looking at best...height. For its size, the serval has the longest legs of any...mean speed, but neither the serval nor the maned wolf are particularly...need an elevated platform. So servals and maned wolves use their...
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Sleek Hunters of the Felid Kind
Magazine article; International Wildlife, Vol. 25, November 1995
Subjects: Cats--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Felidae--Illustrations, photographs, etc.
...worlds 36 cat species. SERVAL Like a miniature cheetah with big ears, the serval is built long and lithe...African grasslands. Servals live only in well-watered...once watched a young serval al catch and eat at least...in three hours. The servals hearing is so acute that...
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New Look at Cats
Magazine article by Fiona And Mel Sunquist; International Wildlife, March 2000
Subjects: Cats--Environmental aspects, Felidae--Environmental aspects
...or their prey. The lanky African serval, which weighs 25 pounds, hunts surprisingly...with its eyes shut. Among prey of servals studied in South Africas Kamberg Nature...rodents and antelope. Lower risk. Serval: Tall, long-legged cat with short...
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Lions and Tigers and Practically Everything
Magazine article; American Cinematographer, Vol. 58, August 1977
...just walked them back home. They needed a shot of the little serval cat running through the forest, and we couldnt figure out how...the distance and called the dog. The dog took off, and the serval cat chased him all the way. Youve got to know those little...
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Lions of Nakuru, Kenya with a Bit about the Area's Birds
Magazine article by Derek Slattery; PSA Journal, Vol. 72, August 2006
Subjects: East Africa--Natural history, Nakuru, Kenya--Natural history, National parks and reserves--Natural history, National parks--Natural history, Wildlife cinematography--Evaluation
...Felidae) such as Leopard (Pantherinae) Cheetah (Aacinonychinae rare), African Wild Cat (Felis sylvestris libyca rare), Serval (Fells Leptailierus rare), Caracal (Fells lynx caracal rare). Lions are very social animals that live in prides of up...
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newspaper articles on: Serval  - 24 results

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The Latest Cat's Meow Exotic Savannahs Make Cat Lovers Purr with Excitement
Newspaper article by Eileen O. Daday; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 4, 2006
...affectionate and playful than the serval, yet still distinctive with...breeder. She displayed her serval, named Duke, while also showing...temperament," Streit added. "The servals are unpredictable; theyre...generation and how far away from the serval they are, and the quality...
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SAVAGES IN SUBURBIA; They're Lean, Mean and Menacing - and the Latest Fashionable Pet. but Will the New Breeds of Half-Wild Moggie Turn into ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 28, 2009
...cats -- a cross between a serval (an African wildcat that resembles...same care as an ordinary cat. Servals live in the African savannah...savannahs, which have half-serval and halfmoggie genes, arent...prospect. Wild thing: A snarling serval
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SAVAGES IN SUBURBIA; They're Lean, Mean and Menacing - and the Latest Fashionable pet.But Will the New Breeds of Half-Wild Moggie Turn into ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 28, 2009
...cats -- a cross between a serval (an African wildcat that resembles...same care as an ordinary cat. Servals live in the African savannah...savannahs, which have half-serval and halfmoggie genes, arent...prospect. Wild thing: A snarling serval
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Flickr Snow Scenes Set Cold Standard; William Leece Looks at the Work of the Daily Post's Flickr Group, Making the Most of Last Week's Heavy Snowfalls
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 12, 2010
...big freeze," she says. "Most were indoors, however the serval braved the elements and explored the snow. It was wonderful...Box - eye-catching photograph Picture: DANGEROUS DISCO A serval enjoying his lunch in the snow at Chester Zoo Winter Blues...
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My Back Garden Is like a Jungle; EXCLUSIVE Mum Bids to Keep Big Cats at Home
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), April 9, 2006
Subjects: Cheetahs
...said she has always wanted to own the two leopard cats and two African Serval cats, which are part of the cheetah family. The animals, while smaller...at her home in Clydebank Feline dream: Natalie Wild thing: An African Serval cat
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encyclopedia articles on: Serval  - 2 results

 
 
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Serval
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...
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Cat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...among them. Among these cats are the puma (or cougar), the lynx (including the bobcat), the ocelot , the jaguarundi, the serval , and many small species described by the name cat or wildcat, such as the golden cat and European wildcat, as well as the...


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