Cheetah vs Serval

The cheetah is heavier: 46.7 kg against 12 kg for the serval, about 3.9 times the weight.

What is the difference between a cheetah and a serval?

Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.

The cheetah is heavier: 46.7 kg against 12 kg for the serval, about 3.9 times the weight.
The serval is longer-lived: 22.4 years against 19 years for the cheetah, about 18% longer.
They share the family Felidae but sit in different genera: Cheetah in Acinonyx, Serval in Leptailurus.
The cheetah is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List; the serval is Least Concern.

	Cheetah	Serval
Scientific name	Acinonyx jubatus	Leptailurus serval
Family	Felidae	Felidae
Order	Carnivora	Carnivora
Weight	35 kg – 50.6 kg	12 kg
Length	1.1 m – 1.5 m	Not recorded
Lifespan	19 years	22.4 years
Main food	bezoar ibex, carrion, chinkara, common ostrich, common warthog, dama gazelle and 28 more	african pygmy mouse, african spoonbill, duiker, eastern rock elephant shrew, eurasian spoonbill, gazella and 8 more
Habitat	desert, mountain	grassland, wetland
Conservation status	Vulnerable	Least Concern
Countries recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.