Felis margarita harrisoni

Felis margarita harrisoni
An Arabian sand cat at Osnabrück Zoo, Germany.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Felis
Species: F. margarita
Subspecies: F. m. harrisoni
Trinomial name
Felis margarita harrisoni
Hemmer, Grubb and Groves, 1976

Felis margarita harrisoni is a subspecies of the sand cat known as the Arabian sand cat that is native to the deserts of the Arabian peninsula and Jordan.[1][2] Between July 2000 and September 2001, it was also recorded in the central Syrian desert, close to the ruins of Palmyra.[3]

Several sand cats were recorded in the western region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi between April and December 2015, after an absence of sightings for ten years.[4]

The captive population kept in European zoos is offspring of 18 founders.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hemmer, H., Grubb, P., Groves, C. P. (1976). "Notes on the sand cat, Felis margarita Loche 1958". Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 41: 286–303.
  2. ↑ Hemmer, H. (1978). "Nachweis der Sandkatze (Felis margarita harrisoni Hemmer, Grubb und Groves, 1976) in Jordanien". Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 43: 62–64.
  3. ↑ Serra, G., Abdallah, M. S., Qaim, G. A. (2007). "Occurrence of Rüppell’s Fox, Vulpes rueppelli, and Sand Cat, Felis margarita, in Syria". Zoology in the Middle East 42 (1): 99–102.
  4. ↑ Ahmed, S.; Al Zaabi, R.; Soorae, P.; Shah, J. N.; Al Hammadi, E.; Pusey, R.; Al Dhaheri, S. (2016). "Rediscovering the Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) after a gap of 10 years using camera traps in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates". European Journal of Wildlife Research. 62 (5): 627–631.
  5. ↑ Witzenberger, K. A. & Hochkirch, A. (2013). "Evaluating ex situ conservation projects: Genetic structure of the captive population of the Arabian sand cat" (PDF). Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 78 (5): 379–382.
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