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The result was redirect to Serval#Subspecies. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 09:15, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cape serval[edit]

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Looks like a hoax — WP:DEL6. I could not find any evidence that this subspecies is extinct. If the article describes the whole species, then it is a fork of Serval — WP:DEL5. Тилик-тилик (talk) 21:47, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Convert to redirect Not a hoax. If at least one other subspecies as recognized, then Leptailurus serval serval must be recognized. It looks like multiple subspecies are usually recognized (but there are some authorities that don't recognize any). But that's taxonomy, not encyclopedia building. I think it is rarely a good idea to have articles on subspecies; they usually differ from each other by minor details of range and morphology and can be easily discussed in the article on the species. That doesn't mean subspecies articles are automatically forks of the species articles; in rare cases, they may be appropriate. In this case, we seem to only have an article on one subspecies, so I don't think there's any great harm in turning the article into a redirect to Serval. If somebody does come along and create articles on other serval subspecies, then this could be restored. Plantdrew (talk) 19:26, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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