Endangered Sand Cat Information

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Endangered sand cat information. Sand cat is listed as nearly threatened which means that it may become endangered in the near future. But this species is threatened by hunting and collection for the pet trade. Owls Strigiformes Ecosystem Roles.

There are occasional reports of Sand Cats being shot in Saudi Arabia. Toubou nomads living northwest of Lake Chad consider Sand Cats frequent chicken thieves which readily enter their camp in the evenings. Snakes Serpentes jackals.

In 1994 the IUCN first listed the cat as insufficiently known. The sand cat does live in deserts even the Sahara and Arabian DesertIt is also found in Iran and PakistanIn zoos this cat can live for up to 13 years. It is unknown at this time to what extent if any the fires and bombs of the Gulf War affected the Sand Cat population.

One of the smallest wild cat species in the world the black-footed cat lives in. IUCN Species Information Service SIS Raw Data to Red List. In Algeria they are not considered a threat to poultry or trapped to sell as pets.

The sand cat Felis margarita is a small wild cat in the Felinae subfamily. Two populations exist one that is hybridized and another derived from an Israeli population. Sadly this little cat still faces the threat of being collected for the pet trade or for being hunted for sport while they are laying out sunning themselves.

Listed as Near Threatened due to concern over potential low population size and decline. Due to a lack of sightings and well interest in the cat very little is known about the species. The sand cat is the only wild cat that is not threatened with loss of habitat since it is found in the desert.