Sand Cat Habitat And Food. The sand cat hides leftover food in the sand. They are distributed throughout the deserts of north africa and asia.
The sand cat is the only feline species found primarily in deserts. Since 2002, it has been listed as near threatened by iucn because the population is considered fragmented and small in size with a declining trend. Some are killed by humans who consider them a threat to their livestock.
Moreover, this cat is a poor climber, yet excellent when it comes to burrowing.
Sand cats are threatened by habitat degradation. (click for larger image) sand cats occur across the sahara desert, from morocco in the west to as far as egypt and the sudan in the east. Sand cats will fall under the umbrella term as a 'wild cat', and most laws ban these animals because of the lethality of 'big cats', despite the presence of smaller species that are not more dangerous than domestic cats. Habitat degradation is the sand cats main threat to survival.