Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Black serval ?

by ElisabethB

So, is it one ? 😄

Posted April 2, 2014 8:41 PM
by davidbygott moderator

Yes - can't think what else it could be.

Posted April 3, 2014 12:47 AM
by tillydad moderator

Melanism can occur anywhere, though black Servals generally appear more frequently in moister areas. My money definitely on Serval because of the ears.

Posted April 3, 2014 5:18 PM
by lucycawte moderator

Amazing, it does look serval like and hard to imagine an escapee black Siamese type moggie all the way out there. Though our domesticated animals do get everywhere. In Kruger National Park, South Africa they are trying to assess if any of the African wildcats there are pure any more due to the amount of domestic cats around.

Posted April 3, 2014 5:28 PM
by ElisabethB

Another blogpost l More on the melanistic serval 😄

Posted May 17, 2014 2:04 PM

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Comments

by ElisabethB

Any ideas what this can be ?

Posted March 31, 2014 8:12 PM
by parsfan

Wow! Just a guess, but maybe a melanistic serval?

Posted March 31, 2014 10:14 PM
by aliburchard scientist, translator

#weird! I'm going to agree with parsfan -- the ears are very serval like...but am hoping that @davidbygott and @craigpacker can weight in!

Posted April 1, 2014 1:24 AM
by davidbygott moderator

Wow, that is amazing! I would support black serval, based on the ears, but I never heard of one in Serengeti, more often seen in highlands.

Posted April 1, 2014 5:05 AM
by lakmiseiru

We guessed melanistic #serval as well, but wow.

Posted April 12, 2014 7:30 AM
by sandwood

That's awesome!

Posted April 12, 2014 4:45 PM
by Alinna

pretty sure its a melanistic Serval

Posted April 28, 2014 5:35 PM
by ElisabethB

Here's the corresponding blog post : http://blog.snapshotserengeti.org/2014/04/09/interesting-finds-from-season-7/

Posted April 28, 2014 7:34 PM
by Blooboo7

#melanistic #serval - Interesting! Thanks for sharing the blog post link!

Posted April 28, 2014 7:46 PM