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: a long-legged African wildcat (Leptailurus serval) having large ears and a tawny black-spotted coat
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The 40-acre facility has among its list of roughly 1,600 critters, penguins, binturongs, sharks, dingoes, Flemish giant rabbits, servals, tree frogs, capuchin monkeys, moon jellyfish, pythons and orangutans.
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John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
After earning a degree in exotic animal training and management from Moorpark College, she's worked with big cats: bobcats, servals, lions and tigers.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
According to the team, the positive results of their tests — which involved an assembly of tigers, lions, leopards, lynxes, cougars, cheetahs, and servals, among others — indicate that vocal recognition is not a skill dependent on domestication.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
After earning a degree in exotic animal training and management from Moorpark College, she's worked with big cats: bobcats, servals, lions and tigers.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
According to the team, the positive results of their tests — which involved an assembly of tigers, lions, leopards, lynxes, cougars, cheetahs, and servals, among others — indicate that vocal recognition is not a skill dependent on domestication.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Serval.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serval. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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