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Leptailurus serval (Schreber, 1776)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Die Säugethiere vol.3 16 p.pl. 108[1776]; see also text 3(23):407[1777]

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Felidae
genus
Leptailurus
species
Leptailurus serval

Name

Synonyms
Caracal serval (Schreber, 1776)
Felis capensis Forster, 1765
Felis senegalensis Lesson, 1839
Felis serval Schreber, 1776
Homonyms
Leptailurus serval (Schreber, 1776)
Common names
Chat-tigre in French
Gattopardo africano in Italian
Hlosi in Xhosa
Jijango in language.
Jijão in language.
Kĩrũũmi in Kikuyu
Serval in English
Serval in Spanish
Serval in English
Serval in French
Serval in Spanish
Serval in German
Serval in English
Serval in English
Serval in English
Serval in English
Serval in French
Serval in Spanish
Serval in English
Serval in French
Serval Cat in English
Serval stepní in Czech
Servalas in Lithuanian
Servalkatze in German
Servalo in Italian
Tadi in Tswana
Tierboskat in Afrikaans
etotswe in Tswana
nDlozi in Zulu
seBalabolokwane in Tswana
servaali in Finnish
serval in English
serval in English
serwal sawannowy in Polish
szervál in Hungarian
Ŋwarɩm in language.
Σερβάλ in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Сервал in Ukrainian
Սերվալ in Armenian
סרוואל in Hebrew
بج in Arabic
سرفال in Arabic
قط الأنمر in Arabic
เซอร์วัล in Thai
แมวเซอร์วัล in Thai
サーバル in Japanese
藪貓 in Chinese
서벌 in Korean
Serval in English
Chat-tigre in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Kitchener, A. C., C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, E. Eizirik, A. Gentry, L. Werdelin, A. Wilting, et al., 2017: A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue, vol. 11. 1-80.
  2. Sunquist, M. E. and F. C. Sunquist / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Felidae (Cats). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 54-169.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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