Sand Cats Zoo Habitat

Nature perfectly equipped this little predator to live in extreme conditions.

Sand cats zoo habitat. The largest captive group is held at Al Ain Zoo Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates. The sand cat is equipped for desert life. In addition our mountain lions receive large bones and sometimes parts of carcasses while our fishing cats are occasionally given goldfish to catch.

They are sand-dwelling inhabiting dry plains and rocky valleys where conditions are extreme. Conditions are extreme in the desert and temperatures can reach 124º F during the day and 31º F at night. They are found in very arid habitats with little to no vegetation.

Habitat of the Sand Cat. Sand cats are the Peter Pan of felines. Habitat degradation is the major threat to the sand cat.

Due to the remote harsh terrains of its habitat limited research has been conducted and populations. It feeds on small rodents snakes and lizards as it hunts its preys at night when its sight is most sharp especially in the darkness. To transition zoo-raised animals back to the wild.

Instead they live in dry sandy plains and rocky valleys. The International Union for Conservation of Nature considers sand cats to be near threatened. Vulnerable arid ecosystems are being rapidly degraded by human settlement and activity especially livestock grazing Allan and Warren 1993 Al-Sharhan et al.

Sand Cats will also cover large kills with sand and return later to feed. The Sand Cat Felis margarita is one of the few wild cat species occurring in very dry desert habitat. In the wild the sand cats can be found in the stony and sandy desert in North Africa and Southwest Asia.