How to Use serval in a Sentence

serval

noun

• After the serval was out of the house, Frank called animal control.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
• The serval named Amiry, is an exotic cat native to Africa.
  — Okelo Pena, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2023
• That was the case with a serval, another small African cat that is extremely shy.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2019
• The Milwaukee County Zoo hasn't had a serval since 1993.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2018
• For $75 a night, visitors could share a small cabin with a bobcat, cougar, or serval.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2020
• Five serval cats also call the refuge home, plus a constant stream of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked animal.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
• However, per the refuge, the serval is not protected under that law.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2023
• Prygoski says anyone who sees the serval should stay away from the cat and contact animal control or the DNR.
  — Rachel Trent, CNN, 3 July 2021
• Wilson said because servals like Juno are very fast, the best way to catch him would be using a tranquilizer.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 1 May 2018
• According to the outlet, Frank found a serval — a wild cat native to Africa sometimes kept as an exotic pet — in her bed.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
• Groo photographed this elusive serval cat at sunrise on the Makao Plains of Ndutu, Tanzania.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2017
• Groo photographed this elusive serval cat at sunrise on the Makao Plains of Ndutu, Tanzania.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 21 Apr. 2017
• In addition to tigers and lions, there were also panthers, bobcats, servals, lynx, etc.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 17 Apr. 2020
• One serval kitten in a crate appeared lethargic, with watery eyes and diarrhea.
  — Animals, 18 Dec. 2020
• This area – spanning parts of modern-day Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Iran and more – is home to numerous small cats, including the caracal, serval, jungle cat and sand cat.
  — Jonathan Losos, Fortune Well, 5 Aug. 2023
• In an initial veterinary exam, the refuge’s team found the serval was suffering from several problems.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2023
• Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is looking forward to helping with the serval's recovery and offering the feline a loving home.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• Despite being barely twice the size of an average house cat, the serval is the most effective hunter of all wildcats, with successful kills approximately half of the time.
  — Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2014
• The charges stem from an Oct. 13 incident when neighbors near El-Muhammad’s home reported the serval attacking a family dog.
  — Sheridan Hendrix, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2019
• Within a few minutes, a jet-black serval—a wildcat with a normally cheetah-like coat—ambled into view of the shocked group before disappearing back into the bush.
  — Sergio Pitamitz, National Geographic, 22 Mar. 2017
• Scientist and photographer Jeffrey Kerby, who spent almost a decade working at the gelada project, once watched a tawny serval make off with a baby monkey.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
• Lions, African wild dogs, serval cats, monkeys, puku antelope, and warthogs are all featured in the series, but there is one specific animal Britton saw herself in.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
• Firefighters got the fire under control within 25 minutes, but at least one encountered the serval, a savannah wild cat native to Sub-Saharan Africa, and suffered injuries from a bite to the fingers.
  — oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2021
• Lions, cheetahs and leopards may be spotted during the day, while night brings out a parade of smaller carnivores, including serval, genets, civets, pale foxes and honey badgers.
  — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 14 May 2018
• While assessing the serval's health, caretakers ran a toxicology report — which is when the wild story took another turn.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
• However, other tigers, lions, snow leopards, cheetahs, clouded leopards, Amur leopards, pumas or servals the infected zookeeper cared for are showing no signs of the disease.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Apr. 2020
• Smaller wildcats in captivity, such as servals or ocelots, are often fed a domestic cat-like diet, while big cats such as jaguars and leopards get meat and animal carcasses.
  — National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2018
• The pet serval that tested positive for cocaine exposure was deemed healthy enough to move into the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's cat ambassador program.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2023
• Most significantly leopards, but also serval and caracal cats, aardvarks and aardwolves, as well as many smaller mammals and much of the bird and reptile life that had previously vanished.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• The aquarium offers similar visits with its binturong (or bearcat), serval (African wild cat), porcupine and otters.
  — Kourtney Geers, The Know, 20 Feb. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024