Editing Serval (section)

==Etymology==
The name "serval" is derived from ''(lobo-) cerval'', i.e. Portuguese for lynx, used by [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]] in 1765 for a spotted cat that was kept at the time in the Royal Menagerie in [[Versailles]];<ref>{{cite book |author=Buffon, G.-L. L. |year=1765 |title=Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi |volume=Tome 13 |publisher=Imprimerie Royale |location=Paris |pages=233–235 |chapter=Le Serval |chapter-url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97502k/f291.image}}</ref> ''lobo-cerval'' is derived from Latin ''lupus cervarius'', literally and respectively "wolf" and "of or pertaining to deer".<ref>{{OEtymD|serval}}</ref><ref>{{L&S|lupus1|lupus}}, {{L&S|cervarius|ref}}</ref>

The name ''Leptailurus'' derives from the Greek {{lang|grc|λεπτός}} ''leptós'' meaning "fine, delicate", and {{lang|grc|αἴλουρος}} ''aílouros'' meaning "cat".<ref>{{LSJ|lepto/s|λεπτός}}, {{LSJ|ai)/louros|αἴλουρος|ref}}.</ref>