Sand Cat Habitat And Food
The sand cat was housed in a 70m 2 enclosure which contained rocks water trees and several hiding places including a cave se fig.
Sand cat habitat and food. Sand cats live exclusively in desert regions. These also kill sand cats. But it also appears to be present in smaller populations in central and southwest Asia.
The sand cat also known as the sand dune cat is a small wild cat that inhabits sandy and stony deserts far from water sources. Its diet consists of small rodents insects birds lizards and snakes. The study animal was a single captive born adult sand cat male in Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna Sweden.
6 7 years in the wild. The sand cat is the only felid found primarily in true deserts. It mainly inhabits largely the deserts of northern Africa.
Farmers shepherd dogs sometimes kill sand cats. The cats large ears help to provide it with excellent hearing. They are found in areas of sandy and stony desert.
The IUCN Red List has standardised habitat types globally and there is only one primary habitat type. Wars and political strife harms the sand cat by harming its habitat. The magnificent Arabian Sand Cat appears to have a widespread though disjointed distribution.
The Sand Cat primarily occupies sandy deserts but has also been recorded in stony and rocky deserts. The sand cat of North Africa and the Middle East survives in a land with very little water by hunting at night and sleeping and keeping cool during the day. The long legs of the stately serval allow it to make spectacular leaps into the air to catch birds in flight.