Leopard vs Serval
The leopard is heavier: 52 kg against 12 kg for the serval, about 4.3 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a leopard and a serval?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The leopard is heavier: 52 kg against 12 kg for the serval, about 4.3 times the weight.
- The leopard is longer-lived: 27.3 years against 23 years for the serval, about 19% longer.
- They share the family Felidae but sit in different genera: Leopard in Panthera, Serval in Leptailurus.
- The leopard is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List; the serval is Least Concern.
Side by side
| Leopard | Serval | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Panthera pardus | Leptailurus serval |
| Family | Felidae | Felidae |
| Order | Carnivora | Carnivora |
| Weight | 52 kg – 53.1 kg | 12 kg |
| Length | 92 cm – 1.83 m | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 23 years – 27.3 years | 22.4 years – 23 years |
| Main food | aardvark, african civet, african wildcat, antilope cervicapra, banded mongoose, barbary striped grass mouse and 76 more | african pygmy mouse, african spoonbill, duiker, eastern rock elephant shrew, eurasian spoonbill, gazella and 8 more |
| Habitat | forest, shrubland | 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.
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