Felis margarita harrisoni

Felis margarita harrisoni
An Arabian sand cat at Osnabrück Zoo, Germany.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Feliformia
Family:Felidae
Subfamily:Felinae
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. doi:10.1080/09397140.2007.10638252.
  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. doi:10.1007/s10344-016-1035-8.
  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. 78 (5): 379–382. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2013.03.001.


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