Sand Cat Habitat Map
Their primary threats are habitat destruction from battles as well as livestock grazing and indiscriminate killing of this elusive wild cat.
Sand cat habitat map. They are a pale yellow color with a ringed tail. They are nocturnal in their native habitat. 301 North Holtzclaw Avenue Chattanooga TN 37404 423.
Habitat Sand Cats live in the deserts of north Africa and south west Asia. Camera-trapping and censusing small animals were the main methods of investigation. Interactive map of the Black-footed Cats range by the IUCN Red List The Black-footed Cat Felis nigripes distribution is limited to the arid habitat of three countries in southern Africa.
Interactive map of the Sand Cats range by the IUCN Red List. Microhabitat affini-ties of sand cat and its den site selection were investigated in Sistan and Baluchistan Province from early 2013. A wide variety of animals including the Sand Cat Houbara Barbary Falcon Rupells Fox Sand Gazelle Arabian Oryx Arabian Sand Gecko Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard Dhub Desert Monitor Arabian Horned Viper and the Yellow-Spotted Agama.
Due to the remote harsh terrains of its habitat limited research has been conducted and populations. Established in 1964 the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the worlds most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal fungi and plant species. Sand cats habitat suitability map was generated by linear combination of the standardized and relatively weighted NDVI and BI indices and then categorized into five classes of most suitable highly suitable moderately suitable least suitable and not suitable.
They are solitary outside of mating season. The study area consists mainly of sand dunes with sparse scrub vegetation. Farmers shepherd dogs sometimes kill sand cats.
The Sand Cat Felis margarita distribution is across the desert ranges of the Sahara in Africa the Arabian Peninsular and southwest Asia. These also kill sand cats. Sand cats are also.