Sand Cats Habitat Description . They drink water if available, but satisfy most of their moisture need from prey, which they can dig out of the sand quickly. The sand cat feeds mainly on small sand dwelling rodents such as spiny mice (acomys spp.), jirds (meriones spp.) gerbils (gerbillus spp.), jerboas (jaculus spp.
Sand cats live in temperatures that sometimes rise to more than 40°c (104°f). The sand cat (felis margarita) is part of the genus felis.previously four subspecies of the sand cat were described: Sand cats are a solitary species and not much is known of their mating systems.
The sand cat feeds mainly on small sand dwelling rodents such as spiny mice (acomys spp.), jirds (meriones spp.) gerbils (gerbillus spp.), jerboas (jaculus spp.
Residential and commercial development, biological resource use, human pressures, habitat loss and cross breeding with domestic cats. They are active at night and spend their days in an underground burrow. Masters of evasion, with coats the same color as the desert sands. It can be found at syr darya river and kyzylkum desert etc.