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Caracal serval (serval)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis serval was named by Schreber (1776). It is extant.

It was recombined as Caracal serval by Johnson et al. (2006); it was recombined as Leptailurus serval by Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1765Felis capensis Forster p. 4
1776Felis serval Schreber
1839Felis senegalensis Lesson
2006Caracal serval Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Leptailurus serval Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusCaracalGray 1843
speciesserval(Schreber 1776)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Caracal serval Schreber 1776 [serval]
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Invalid names: Felis capensis Forster 1765 [synonym], Felis senegalensis Lesson 1839 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Felis serval (22340)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Felis serval (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Felis serval (21929 21931)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Felis serval (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Felis serval (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Felis serval (22074)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Felis serval (22627)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Felis serval (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Felis serval (32090 32113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Felis serval (21690)