Felis margarita Loche, 1858
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15121632 |
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Felis margarita Loche, 1858 |
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91. Sand Cat, Felis margarita Loche, 1858 View in CoL
( Fig. 99 View FIGURE 99 )
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: F. m. harrisoni Hemmer, Grubb & Groves, 1976.
Distribution: A nocturnal species widespread in Al-Badia to the south of Deir ez-Zor, but less common southwest to Palmyra and west to Jabal Al-Bishri ( Fig. 100 View FIGURE 100 ).
Previous records:Al-Talila, 25 km southeast of Palmyra ( Serra et al. 2007), Deir ez-Zor towards ar- Rasafah ( Aidek, 2010, Murdoch & Aidek 2012).
Recent records: Feidhat Ibn Muwyin’e, Khadhra Almay, ad-Dukhoul, Mueayzilah (south of Deir ez-Zor), as-Sarayim and Jabal Al-Bishri (2006–2012).
Remarks: The subspecies F. m. harrisoni Hemmer, Grubb & Groves, 1976 is confined to the arid plains of the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Sinai and Iraq ( Harrison & Bates 1991; Kitchener et al. 2017); however, it could be a synonym of F. m. thinobia (Ognev, 1926) (see Burgin et al. 2020).
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