Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Leptailurus serval subsp. serval Schreber 1776 Leptailurus serval subsp. serval Schreber 1776 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 16: pl. 108 [1776]; see also text 3 (23): 407 [1777] . Type Locality: "Ostindien und Tibet in gebirgegen Gegenden, vielleicht auch am Vorgebirge der guten Hofnung und dem heissern Afrika"; restricted by J. A. Allen (1924) to the " Cape region of South Africa ". Synonyms: Leptailurus serval subsp. capensis (Forster 1781) ; Leptailurus serval subsp. galeopardus ( Desmarest 1820 ) .