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mammalianmammals · 3 months

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Serval (Leptailurus serval), MELANISTIC, family Felidae, Amboseli National Park, Kenya

Photograph by nicolas.urlacher.photographer

#serval #cat #leptailurus #felinae #felidae #mammal #animals #nature #africa

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snototter · 1 year

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A serval (Leptailurus serval) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

by Fabrice Stoger

#serval #felines #wild cats #Leptailurus serval #leptailurus #felidae #carnivora #mammalia #chordata #wildlife: botswana #wildlife: africa

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tiifu-ndovu · 1 year

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Cosy Reading Together

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shopcat · 7 months

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cat loaf :3

#my beauroful collection #☆#🐯#felid #tiger (panthera tigris)#lion (panthera leo)#jaguar (panthera onca)#leopard (panthera pardus)#colour mutation #melanistic #snow leopard (panthera uncia)#caracal (caracal caracal)#serval (leptailurus serval)#cougar (puma concolor)#canada lynx (lynx canadensis)#manul (otocolobus manul)#fav #top

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fyanimaldiversity · 10 months

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Melanistic serval (Leptailurus serval)

@ srullman

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sitting-on-me-bum · 6 months

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Conservationists are working to reintroduce the Scottish wildcat but face a massive numerical deficit and challenge. Lessons can be learned from its near demise, such as not waiting to conserve species until its nearly too late, the Scottish Rewilding Alliance’s Richard Bunting says.

Image by Charlie Marshall via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Small cats face big threats: Reasons to save these elusive endangered species

Researcher Philip Muruthi believes the serval (Leptailurus serval) could be an ambassador for African grasslands. With the ability to jump up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) in the air, it helps control small mammal populations in its habitat. “Serval cat ecotourism is another possibility,” Muruthi says. “They can be hard to spot, but when you see one in the wild, you never forget it."

Image courtesy of Nancy Lewis/African Wildlife Foundation.

Like their big cat cousins, small cat species can have strong cultural ties to human communities. Anthony Gerardo Pino Charaja of the Andean Cat Alliance explains that in countries like Peru, the Andean cat was long closely linked spiritually to the protection of livestock such as alpacas and llamas and was also designated as a deity of water.

Image courtesy of Andean Cat Alliance.