Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A side-by-side comparison of a tall cheetah and a smaller serval standing in the African savanna. The serval has noticeably larger ...

Shannon Moneo is a freelance journalist based in Sooke, B.C. I had never heard of a serval until a decade ago, when one was hit by a truck and killed very close to where I live on Vancouver Island.

Cheetahs and servals are two spotted African wild cats with a lean, elegant build. But what are the most obvious differences between them? There are many qualities that make these cats seem related: ...