Sand Cat Habitat And Food
Sand cat is carnivore meat-eaters.
Sand cat habitat and food. Its head-and-body length ranges from 3952 cm with a 2331 cm long tail. The cats large ears help to provide it with excellent hearing. The Sand Cat Felis margarita Loche 1996 Communication Channels.
Conditions are extreme in the desert and temperatures can reach 124º F during the day and 31º F at night. Wars and political strife harms the sand cat by harming its habitat. The rare vascular plants that characterise sandy habitats and which will come to benefit from the Sand Life measures include sea holly wild thyme dwarf everlast.
Sand cats live in temperatures that sometimes rise to more than 40C 104F. Local people sometimes trap sand cats for pets. The long legs of the stately serval allow it to make spectacular leaps into the air to catch birds in flight.
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. They are found in areas of sandy and stony desert. In Turkmenistan the sand cat was described as most abundant amongst extensive stabilized sand dunes and heavier clay soil habitats.
The smallest cat species in Arabia the sand cat Felis margarita is well adapted to its arid desert habitat obtaining all the water it needs from its foodPrey capture is facilitated by the sand cats highly sensitive ears which are large and triangular and capable of detecting noises from animals both above and below the surface of the sand. The Sand cat hides leftover food in the sand. These also kill sand cats.
Sand cat hides leftovers of food in the sand. Habitat degradation is the major threat to the sand cat. In North Africa the cat appears in numerous locations.