Caraval

"Servical" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Cervical.

The caraval (also called a cara-serval) is the cross between a male caracal and a female serval. They have a spotted pattern similar to the Serval, but on a darker background. These are bred for the pet market.

A servical is the cross between a male serval and a female caracal. A litter of servicals occurred by accident when the two animals were kept in the same enclosure at a Los Angeles zoo. The hybrids were given to an animal shelter. The only photos show them as tawny kittens.

These hybrids can theoretically be backcrossed to their parent species in various ways:

Ser-caraval (75% serval, 25% caracal) - a cross between a male serval and a female caraval.
Car-servical (75% caracal, 25% serval) - a cross between a male caracal and a servical.
Ser-servicals (75% serval, 25% caracal) - a male serval and a female servical.
Car-caravals (75% caracal, 25% serval) - a male caracal and female caraval.

Currently, only ser-caravals have been documented. All of these hybrids will more closely resemble the species that contributed the greatest percentage of genes.

Mammal hybrids

Bovidae	Beefalo Dzo Sheep–goat hybrid Yakalo Żubroń

Camelidae	Cama Bukht Huarizo

Canis	Coydog Coywolf Jackal–dog hybrid Wolfdog

Delphinidae	Wholphin

Elephantidae	Elephant hybrid

Equus	Hinny Mule Zebroid

Felidae	Bengal cat Blynx Caraval Chausie Kellas cat Pumapard Savannah cat Serengeti cat Leoger Leguar Leopon Liger Liguar Liliger Litigon Lijagulep Marozi Tigon Jaglion Jagger Tiliger Tiguar Tigard Jagliger Lipard Tileguard

Homininae	Humanzee Koolakamba

Macropodinae	Macropod hybrids

Sus	Iron Age pig

Mustela	Polecat-ferret hybrid Polecat-mink hybrid

Ursus	Grizzly–polar bear hybrid

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