Editing Serval (section)

==Distribution and habitat ==
In North Africa, the serval is known only from [[Morocco]] and has been reintroduced in [[Tunisia]], but is feared to be extinct in [[Algeria]]. It inhabits semi-arid areas and [[Quercus suber|cork oak]] forests close to the [[Mediterranean Sea]], but avoids rainforests and arid areas. It occurs in the [[Sahel]], and is widespread in [[Southern Africa]]. It inhabits grasslands, moorlands, and bamboo thickets at high altitudes up to {{cvt|3800|m}} on [[Mount Kilimanjaro]]. It prefers areas close to water bodies such as [[wetland]] and [[savanna]], which provide cover such as [[Reed bed|reed]]s and tall grasses.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=Kingdon/> In the [[East Sudanian Savanna]], it was recorded in the transboundary [[Dinder National Park|Dinder]]–[[Alatash National Park|Alatash]] protected area complex during surveys between 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Bauer, H. |author2=Mohammed, A. A. |author3=El Faki, A. |author4=Hiwytalla, K. O. |author5=Bedin, E. |author6=Rskay, G. |author7=Sitotaw, E. |author8=Sillero-Zubiri, C. |name-list-style=amp |year=2018|title=Antelopes of the Dinder-Alatash transboundary Protected Area, Sudan and Ethiopia |journal=Gnusletter |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=26–30 |url=https://www.marwell.org.uk/media/other/GNUSLETTER_Vol_35_12018.pdf#page=26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703060238/https://www.marwell.org.uk/media/other/GNUSLETTER_Vol_35_12018.pdf|archive-date=3 July 2021}}</ref>

In Zambia's [[Luambe National Park]], the population density was recorded as {{cvt|0.1|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=off}} in 2011.<ref name=Thiel>{{cite thesis |last1=Thiel |first1=C.|title=Ecology and population status of the serval ''Leptailurus serval'' (Schreber, 1776) in Zambia |publisher=[[University of Bonn]] |date=2011 |pages=1–265 |url=http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2011/2586/2586a.pdf}}</ref>
In South Africa, the serval was recorded in [[Free State (province)|Free State]], eastern [[Northern Cape]], and southern [[North West (South African province)|North West]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herrmann |first1=E.|last2=Kamler|first2=J. F. |last3=Avenant|first3=N. L. |name-list-style=amp |title=New records of servals ''Leptailurus serval'' in central South Africa |journal=South African Journal of Wildlife Research |date=2008 |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=185–188 |doi=10.3957/0379-4369-38.2.185 |s2cid=131285183}}</ref>
In Namibia, it is present in [[Khaudum National Park|Khaudum]] and [[Mudumu National Park]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edwards |first1=S.|last2=Portas |first2=R. |last3=Hanssen |first3=L. |last4=Beytel |first4=P. |last5=Melzheimer|first5=J. |last6=Stratford |first6=K. |name-list-style=amp |title=The spotted ghost: Density and distribution of serval ''Leptailurus serval'' in Namibia |journal=African Journal of Ecology |date=2018 |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=831–840 |doi=10.1111/aje.12540 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2018AfJEc..56..831E}}</ref>