Sand Cat Habitat Needs

Sand cats live in sandy and stony deserts such as Sahara Arabian desert and deserts in Pakistan and Iran.

Sand cat habitat needs. The long hair covering the. Sand cat is the only species of cat that inhabits deserts exclusively. The sand cat is mainly nocturnal and strictly hunts in the night.

Africas Sahara desert throughout the Arabian peninsula. It can be found at syr darya river and kyzylkum desert etc. The sand cat is the only felid found primarily in true deserts.

However some diurnal activity in Arabia was recorded especially in winter when conditions were cooler. Its foot pads are covered with thick hair. Instead they live in dry sandy plains and rocky valleys.

The TAG recommends an SSP with a target population of 80 individuals all to consist of F. Sand cats live in three distinct regions of the world. Sand cats prefer a very dry arid habitat with little vegetation for which they are well adapted.

The main factor to the increased extinction is habitat destruction due to industrialization Townsend et al. The smallest cat species in Arabia the sand cat Felis margarita is well adapted to its arid desert habitat obtaining all the water it needs from its food. In Turkmenistan the sand cat was described as most abundant amongst extensive stabilized sand dunes and heavier clay soil habitats.

Bunaian et al 1998. Sand cats live exclusively in desert regions. Number of sand cats decreased drastically in the past couple of decades due to habitat loss poaching.