Sand Cat Habitat Facts

Sand cats can survive 5 C 23 F to 52 C 126 F temperature.

Sand cat habitat facts. Harrisoni Arabia Jordan Pictured on both pages Size and Appearance. The sand cats small mammal prey base depends on having adequate vegetation and may experience large fluctuations due to drought Sunquist and Sunquist 2002 or declines due to desertification and loss of natural vegetationOther localized threats include the introduction of feral and domestic dogs and cats creating direct competition and through predation and disease transmission Nowell. The Sand Cat is a small solitary cat native to Africa and Asias deserts.

The Sand cat lives in northern Africa the Arabian Peninsula and central and south-west Asia. Sand Cats weigh in at 4-8 pounds and reach lengths of 29-36 inches and heights of 10-12 inches. Sand cats live in sandy and stony deserts such as Sahara Arabian desert and deserts in.

Sand cat is the only species of cat that inhabits deserts exclusively. Sand Cats usually live in the sandy and rocky deserts. They easily adapt to the cold and hot desert environment because of the thick fur on their feet.

They usually live far from water. This is because of increased human activity in areas where the sand lives together with their domestic animals and animals which are found near humans eg. In North Africa the cat appears in numerous locations.

They are the only cats known to adapt to deserts as their primary habitat. Sand cats prey on small rodents birds and reptiles. There are 4 subspecies of sand cat that can be found in northern parts of Africa and south-eastern parts of Asia.

It mainly inhabits largely the deserts of northern Africa. But it also appears to be present in smaller populations in central and southwest Asia. Degradation and loss of habitat this is typical for most wild cat species.