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A fact from Serval appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 July2016(check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size?
Latest comment: 4 years ago3 comments1 person in discussion
There is a repetition: "The closely set ears are black on the back with a horizontal white band;" and "ears [...] black on the back with a white horizontal band in the middle". --NGC 54 (talk | contribs) 22:02, 8 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion
I don't know how to do this, but it would be helpful if this Wikipedia article could be pointed to by the alternate (Portuguese) spelling "cerval". Bhami (talk) 05:45, 9 February 2025 (UTC)Reply
Since this is the English Wikipedia, we'd need evidence that that spelling is commonly used by English speakers, which I haven't been able to find. For that matter, even the Portuguese Wikipedia doesn't list it as an alternate spelling, instead claiming that it refers to a different animal entirely... Anaxial (talk) 07:12, 9 February 2025 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
There's a section on this page for hybrids but only has domestic cat serval hybrids listed. There has been serval caracal hybrids, Wikipedia literally has a page on it, I don't see why they shouldn't be mentioned ~2026-11872-3 (talk) 17:01, 6 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
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