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
• With the longest legs relative to body size of any wild cat, the serval is also one of the fastest, able to run at speeds up to fifty miles per hour.
  — Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2014
• 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
• 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: 13 Nov 2024