Animals / Mammal

Serval

Leptailurus serval · Felidae

The serval is a wild small cat native to Africa. It is widespread in sub-Saharan countries, where it inhabits grasslands, wetlands, moorlands and bamboo thickets. Across its range, it occurs in protected areas, and hunting it is either prohibited or regulated in range countries.

Where the Serval lives

Recorded in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, Benin, Ethiopia, Botswana and Zambia (Africa).

Most records fall in Bengo, Rift Valley, Arusha, KwaZulu-Natal, Mara and Simiyu.

See the Serval’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,987 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.