Caracal serval Schreber 1776 (serval)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combinations: Felis serval, Leptailurus serval
Synonyms: Felis capensis Forster 1765, Felis senegalensis Lesson 1839
Belongs to Caracal according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
See also Allen 1939, Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017 and Mivart 1882
Sister taxa: Caracal aurata, Caracal caracal
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Kenya (3), South Africa (3), Swaziland (1), Tanzania (2), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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