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Here is another of the exotics at EFRC, that I have never been able to get a picture of, so I was thrilled to finally get one. This is a Serval cat, he had just woke up, and had stepped out its shelter to be disturbed by me, and the black box, he gave me a hiss or two. :)

Here is a little information on them. A strong yet slender animal, it has long legs and a fairly short tail. Relative to body size, it has the longest legs of any cat. Most of this increase in length is due to the greatly elongated metatarsal bones in the feet. The toes are also elongated, and unusually mobile. The head is small in relation to the body. Another distinctive feature of the serval is the presence of large ears and auditory bullae in the skull, indicating a particularly acute sense of hearing.[5] The closely-set ears contain 22 muscles each, allowing them to rotate up to 180 degrees independently of each other. Weight ranges from about 7 to 12 kg (15 to 26 lb) in females, and from 9 to 18 kg (20 to 40 lb) in males.

Thank you in advance for commenting, I do appreciate it.

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