Serval in Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania

Our time was up. The Ngorongoro crater has a strict timeline for visitors. Coming back late means paying again and paying a hefty fine. As we were driving back to the entrance, nature surprised us with this awesome spotting of a Serval sneaking around the tall grass of the crater. It has been the only Serval we saw during our entire trip in Tanzania.

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Ferdy Christant

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This is the last photo of my coverage of the Ngorongoro crater, so I created a "tour" list:
- A tour of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Posted 11 years ago

WildFlower

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Nice catch! I don't think I've seen many of these in the wildlife documentaries. Posted 11 years ago
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  Thanks! True, they are not rare, but not often seen either. Posted 11 years ago

Claire Hamilton

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Lucky, lucky, lucky!!! Posted 11 years ago

Sunil R Agadi

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Great species, Will take sometime and will watch all your trip work. Good going Fredy.! :) Posted 11 years ago

The Serval

The serval, "Leptailurus serval" or "Caracal serval", known in Afrikaans as "Tierboskat", "tiger-forest-cat", is a medium-sized African wild cat. DNA studies have shown that the serval is closely related to the African golden cat and the caracal.

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Similar species: Carnivorans

Species identified by Ferdy Christant