Serval n. (Zool.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size; called also serval cat. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail.
... second drive, over the lowlands to the east, the porters worked better; but, although we covered a far greater territory, the total result was the roping and photographing of a serval-cat that we flushed on the way ... — Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine
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