Portrait of a young serval cat. The serval is a medium sized feline with very long legs (relatively the longest legs of all felines), a short tail, long neck and a small head with large, rounded ears and a short snout. The coat is yellow-brown in color, with an irregular pattern of black stripes and spots. A black colour variety is common in some areas, especially in mountainous areas such as the Ethiopian Highlands, while in Uganda and Eastern Congo-Kinshasa a variety with a more speckled coat is common. The underside is dirty white in color. The short tail is alternately black and yellow-brown ringed. The back of the ears are black, with a clear white spot in the middle.
It has a head circumference of 67 to 100 centimetres. The tail is 24 to 35 centimeters. Males are bigger than females. Males weigh 10 to 18 kilograms (average 13 kilograms), females weigh 6 to 12.5 kilograms (average 11 kilograms).
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