Sand Cats Habitat Description

The tail is ringed and there are dark horizontal bars on the legs.

Sand cats habitat description. Its fur is of a pale sandy light brownish-yellow colour. These cats have been reported to have 2 litters per year in parts of their territory in both. Sand Cats are found in both sandy and stony desert.

In the northern areas between the Aral and Caspian seas the sand cat occurs only sparsely in the more claylike desert soils of the Ustyurt and Mangyshlak regions. They manage to find food there where it is in principle very little. The sand cat is the only cat species that lives mostly in desert environments.

Sand cats live in three distinct regions of the world. They become the prey of lizards small birds insects and snakes. Faint black stripes on its sides.

The Sand Cat Felis margarita distribution is across the desert ranges of the Sahara in Africa the Arabian Peninsular and southwest Asia. Sandy desert regions across Africa Central Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. They are found in desert habitats ranging from plains with little vegetation to rocky valleys with shrubs and trees.

Sand cats live in temperatures that sometimes rise to more than 40C 104F. Its coat is pale yellow to grey. They were territorial and hunted an area with a range of up to 10 miles 16 kilometers.

Habitats Sand cats lived in small caves or burrows in deserts or steppes. Number of sand cats decreased drastically in the past couple of decades due to habitat loss poaching recreational hunt and introduction of new species which compete for the prey and spread diseases. They are found in very arid habitats with little to no vegetation.