Biology:Caraval
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Short description: Hybrid felines
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| Caraval kitten | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Hybrid: | Caracal caracal♂ × Leptailurus serval♀ |
The caraval (also called a cara-serval) is the hybrid cross between a male caracal and a female serval. They have a spotted pattern similar to the serval, but on a darker background.[1][2][3][4]
A servical[5] is the cross between a male serval and a female caracal.[6][7][8] A litter of servicals occurred by accident when the two animals were kept in the same enclosure at Los Angeles Zoo. The hybrids were given to an animal shelter. The only photos show them as tawny kittens.
Several serval - caracal offspring have been born in recent years through a breeding program in order to create F1 hybrids. So far; no F1 hybrids of this cross breed are in existence.[9]
References
- ↑ (PDF) Endangered Species Conservation Federation, Inc.. 44. LIOC Endangered Species Conservation Federation, Inc.. March–April 2000. https://felineconservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/44-2.pdf. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ BCR Staff (2021-08-22). "B10: Feeding Tour Guide". Big Cat Rescue. https://bigcatrescue.org/b10-feeding-tour-guide/.
- ↑ "Zepo – In Memory". January 2015. https://www.wildcatsanctuary.org/resident/zepo-in-memory/.
- ↑ "SERVAL AND CARACAL HYBRIDS". http://messybeast.com/genetics/hyb-serval-caracal.htm.
- ↑ "SERVAL". SERVAL. Cambridge University Press. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/serval. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ "Le caracal, un félin aux oreilles musclées !" (in fr). GEO. 2022-09-08. https://www.geo.fr/environnement/le-caracal-un-felin-aux-oreilles-musclees-211646.
- ↑ "🔎 Félin hybride - Définition et Explications" (in fr). https://www.techno-science.net/glossaire-definition/Felin-hybride.html.
- ↑ "Town&Style 7.29.15 by St. Louis Town & Style - Issuu". St. Louis Town & Style. 2015-07-29. https://www.isvara.issuu.org/townandstyle/docs/7_29_15.
- ↑ "F1 Savannah Kittens". http://f1savannahkittens.com.
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