Felis margarita thinobia
| Felis margarita thinobia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Felis |
| Species: | F. margarita |
| Subspecies: | F. m. thinobia |
| Trinomial name | |
| Felis margarita thinobia Ognev, 1926 | |
Felis margarita thinobia, known as the Turkestan sand cat, is a subspecies of the sand cat native to the Transcaspian region.[1][2]
Characteristics
Sand cat photographed in Iran – which subspecies is it?
Museum specimen of the Turkestan sand cat are darker and greyer in skin colour than African sand cat, have less pronounced markings and only 2–3 tail rings.[3]
The subspecific status of sand cat recorded in Iran has not been assessed.[4][5]
Distribution
The Turkestan sand cat occurs in the Karakum and Kyzylkum deserts to the east of the Caspian Sea and north of the Kopet Dag mountains up to the Syr Darya river.[1][6][7]
References
- 1 2 Ognev, S. I. (1926). [A new genus and species of cat from the Transcaspian region.] [Annals of the Museum of Zoology, Academy of Science, USSR] 27: 356–362.
- ↑ Sliwa, A. (2009). Sand Cat Felis margarita. In: D. E. Wilson, R. A. Mittermeier (eds.) Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 1: Order Carnivora. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
- ↑ Hemmer, H., Grubb, P., Groves, C. P. 1976. Notes on the Sand Cat, Felis margarita Loche 1958. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 41: 286–303.
- ↑ Schauenberg, P. (1974). Données nouvelles sur le Chat des sables Felis margarita Loche, 1858. [New data on the sandcat Felis margarita Loche, 1858.] Revue Suisse De Zoologie 81(4): 949–969.
- ↑ Sliwa, A. (2013). Felis margarita Sand Cat. In: J. Kingdon, D. Happold (eds.) Mammals of Africa, Volume V: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses. Bloomsbury Publishing, London. Pp. 199–202.
- ↑ Geptner, V. G. and Sludski, A. A. (1992). Sand Cat Felis (Otocolobus) margarita Loche, 1858. In: Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume 2 Part 2 Carnivora (Hyenas and Cats). Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation, Washington D.C. Pp. 636–663.
- ↑ Burnside, R. J., Koshkin, M., Dolman, P. M. (2014). Breeding population of Sand Cat in the Southern Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan. Cat News 60: 25–26.
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