Sand Cat Habitat Map
Native to Africas Sahara Desert.
Sand cat habitat map. 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. These also kill sand cats. They are nocturnal in their native habitat.
Farmers shepherd dogs sometimes kill sand cats. Sand cats are also. 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.
Habitat suitability mapping for sand cat Felis margarita in Central Iran using remote sensing techniques Authors Shiva Torabian Alireza Soffianian Sima Fakheran Ali Asgarian Hossein Akbari Feizabadi Josef Senn Publication date 201821 Journal Spatial Information Research Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 11-20 Publisher Springer Singapore DescriptionHabitat suitability mapping. The Sand Cat Felis margarita is one of the few wild cat species occurring in very dry desert habitat. 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.
The study area consists mainly of sand dunes with sparse scrub vegetation. It is one of few wild cat species that occupies true desert habitat. Habitat of the Sand Cat.
Habitat degradation is the biggest threat for Sand cats in the wild. Local people sometimes trap sand cats for pets. And in parts of central Asia.
They are found in very arid habitats with little to no vegetation. The results showed that about 75 of the total area is suitable for sand cat. Maybe it would be better to indicate the historical extent of its habitat in one colour with a paler shade in areas where you arent sure and then overlay a different colour for the areas where the sand.