Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Woestijnkat
Common Names in English:
Pakistan Sand Cat, Sand Cat, Sand Dune Cat
Common Names in French:
Chat Des Sables
Common Names in Russian:
Кошка песчаная
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: Sand
cats are found in both sandy and stony desert. They have been collected from sandy plain
areas, and from rocky valley areas with scattered
shrubs
and trees
. Sand cats probably prey
primarily on small rodents, but also birds, reptiles
and arthropods
. The sand cat is well adapted to the extremes of a desert environment, living in areas far from water, and tolerant
of extremes of hot and cold temperatures
(Nowell and Jackson 1996).[1]
List of Habitats
:8.1Desert - Hot
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ferae
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Order:
Carnivora
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Suborder:
Feliformia
()
- Kretzoi, 1945
- Suborder:
Feliformia
(
- Order:
Carnivora
(
- Grandorder:
Ferae
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Felis margarita scheffeli Hemmer, 1974
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Oct-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Felis
There are approximately 273 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
F. affinis · F. albescens · F. apache · F. atrox · F. attica · F. augustus · F. aurata · F. aurata aurata · F. aurata celidogaster · F. aurata cottoni · F. aztecus browni · F. badia (Bay Cat) · F. bangsi costaricensis · F. bengalensis · F. bengalensis bengalensis · F. bengalensis borneoensis · F. bengalensis chinensis · F. bengalensis euptilura · F. bengalensis hainana (Leopard Cat) · F. bengalensis horsfieldi · F. bengalensis trevelyani · F. bieti (Chinese Mountain Cat) · F. bieti vellerosa · F. cacomitli · F. californica · F. caligata · F. canadensis · F. canescens · F. caracal · F. cattus · F. catus · F. catus domesticus · F. catus silvestris (European Wildcat) · F. chaus (And Cougar) · F. chaus affinis · F. chaus chaus · F. chaus furax · F. chaus kelaarti · F. chaus kutas · F. chaus nilotica · F. chaus prateri · F. chinensis · F. christoli · F. colocola · F. colocolo (Pampas Cat) · F. colocolo pajeros · F. concolor · F. concolor acrocodia · F. concolor araucana · F. concolor araucanus · F. concolor azteca · F. concolor bangsi · F. concolor browni · F. concolor californica · F. concolor concolor (Mountain Lion) · F. concolor coryi (Florida Panther) · F. concolor costaricensis · F. concolor cougar · F. concolor couguar (Eastern Panther) · F. concolor discolor · F. concolor greeni · F. concolor hippolestes · F. concolor improcera · F. concolor incarum · F. concolor kaibabensis · F. concolor linnaeus · F. concolor mayensis · F. concolor missoulensis · F. concolor olympus · F. concolor oregonensis · F. concolor osgoodi · F. concolor patagonica · F. concolor pearsoni · F. concolor puma · F. concolor schorgeri (Wisconsin Cougar) · F. concolor stanleyana · F. concolor vancouverensis · F. couguar · F. crassidens · F. domestica · F. domesticus · F. euptilura · F. felis catus · F. fossata · F. geoffroyi · F. geoffroyi geoffroyi (Geoffroy's Cat) · F. glaucula · F. glaucula oaxacensis · F. glaucula yucatanica · F. gracilis · F. grampia · F. griffithii · F. guigna (Kodkod) · F. guigna guigna (Kodkod) · F. herschelii · F. hillanus · F. hippolestes · F. hippolestes aztecus · F. hippolestes olympus · F. imperialis
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Further Reading
- A hand-book to the Carnivora. by Richard Lydekker. London: Allen, [1894] ENG url p. 155.
- Archiv fr Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 11.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 55.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 239, p. 569, p. 678, p. 681.
- Cat Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / by John Anderson, Superintendent of the Indian Museum. Calcutta, 1881-1891. ENG url p. 232.
- Catalogue of the Genus Felis / By R.I. Pocock, F.R.S. London, 1951. ENG url p. 133, p. 135, p. 139, p. 140, p. 141, p. 142, p. 143, p. 145, p. 179, p. 189, p. 25, p. 8.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1951. ENG url p. 302, p. 302, p. 307, p. 307, p. 308.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 8 October 2002.
- Nowell, K. and Jackson, P. (compilers and editors) 1996. Wild Cats. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. (online version)
- Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et applique. recueil mensuel Par F. E. Gurin-Mneville; avec la collaboration scientifique de A. Focillon. Paris: Au Bureau de la Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. FRE url p. 559.
- Supplement to Chasen (1940) A Handlist of Malaysian Mammals: containing a generic synonymy and a complete index / By J.R. Ellerman & T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1955. ENG url p. 26.
- The carnivores of West Africa. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1974. ENG url p. 395, p. 399.
- W. Christopher Wozencraft: Status: CITES - Appendix II; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered as Felis margarita scheffeli
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Cat Specialist Group 2002. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478147
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-183801
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13808250
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 183801
- IUCN ID: 8541
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5138
Footnotes
- Cat Specialist Group 2002. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
