Sand Cat Habitat Map
Vulnerable arid ecosystems are being rapidly degraded by human settlement and activity especially livestock grazing Allan and Warren 1993 Al-Sharhan et al.
Sand cat habitat map. Habitat degradation is the major threat to the sand cat. Their primary threats are habitat destruction from battles as well as livestock grazing and indiscriminate killing of this elusive wild cat. Africas Sahara desert throughout the Arabian peninsula.
The Sand Cat Felis margarita is one of the few wild cat species occurring in very dry desert habitat. They are active at night and spend their days in an underground burrow. The Sand Cat Felis margarita distribution is across the desert ranges of the Sahara in Africa the Arabian Peninsular and southwest Asia.
Microhabitat affini-ties of sand cat and its den site selection were investigated in Sistan and Baluchistan Province from early 2013. Juba Sahara and Nyala have been loving these warm summer days and have become amorous. Habitat Sand Cats live in the deserts of north Africa and south west Asia.
They are solitary outside of mating season. Sand cats are also. 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. Interactive map of the Sand Cats range by the IUCN Red List. Habitat of the Sand Cat.
Traps are set by people to kill foxes and wolves. 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. No subspecies are recognised although a northern and southern race is discernible within the range.