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NAME OF ANIMAL DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION
Long legs, small head and large mobile ears, spotted coat
LENGTH MALE : 1.5-2.0 FEET LENGTH FEMALE : WEIGHT MALE
20 to 40 pounds
WEIGHT FEMALE RANGE
Sub-Saharan grasslands of Africa, as far south as Botswana and northern South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia
HABITAT
grasslands
DIET
Hunts small mammals, birds, lizards, snakes and large insects
STATUS
There used to be 10,000 serval.
Now this species of serval is extinct in the region of Cape Province of South Africa
REASON FOR STATUS
using the fur for trading, and habitat destruction
WHAT TYPE OF ANIMAL
It is a Carnivore.
GESTATION PERIOD
65 – 75 days
LONGEVITY
up to 20 years
INTERESTING FACT
