Endangered Sand Cat Information. This is determined by several factors, including direct observation, the total number of wild cats considered appropriate for the. Human activity is rapidly degrading vital sand cat habitat.
Behaviour the solitary sand cat feeds mainly on small desert rodents, hares, birds, reptiles and insects. The sand cat is endangered because they are hunted by humans, collected and sold. They are also good snake hunters.
This is causing their populations to decrease at an alarming rate.
And in parts of central asia including turkmenistan, iran, pakistan and afghanistan. Sand cats are listed as “near threatened” on the international union for conservation of nature (iucn) red list and as endangered in the united arab emirates, where the al ain zoo is a hotspot. The endangered arabian sand cat is the only feline to live in the sand dune environment. The sand cat is the smallest of all species of wild cats.
