Publications

  1. Howard-McCombe, J., L. Banfield, A. Kitchener, H. Qahtani, A. Toosy, M. Qarqas, M. Craig, A. Abramov, G. Veron, J. Brito, S. Azizi, M. Ghazali, G. Breton, A. Sliwa, K. Kaltwaßer, A. Hochkirch & H. Senn (2019). A Mitochondrial Phylogeny of the Sand Cat (Felis margarita Loche, 1858). Journal of Mammalian Evolution: 1–10.
  2. Bompar, J.M., E. Durand, S. Durand & T. Perrier (2019). Unusual resting places of Sand Cat in Moroccan Sahara? Cat News 69: 8–9.
  3. Brighten, A. L. & R. J. Burnside (2019). Insights into the feeding ecology of and threats to Sand Cat Felis margarita Loche, 1858 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in the Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(4): 13492–13496.
  4. Breton, G. & A. Sliwa (2018). Sand Cat research and conservation in Morocco. In: Appel, A., S. Mukherjee & S. M. Cheyne (eds.) Proceedings of the First International Small Wild Cat Conservation Summit, 11–14 September 2017, United  Kingdom. Wild Cat Network, Bad Marienberg, Germany; Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore, India; and Borneo Nature Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom. Pp. 14–15.
  5. Hamidan, N. & N. Al-Gheyyath (2017). Further records of the Sand Cat, Felis margarita, from the eastern desert, Jordan. Jordan Journal of Natural History 4: 71–74.
  6. Sliwa, A., S. Azizi, E. Alifal, A. Essalhi, M. Endichi & G. Breton (2017). First Sand Cat kittens sighted in the Moroccan Sahara. Cat News 66: 19–20.
  7. Ghadirian, T., H. Akbari, M. Besmeli, A. Ghoddousi, A. Kh. Hamidi & M. E. Dehkordi (2016). Sand Cat in Iran – present status, distribution and conservation challenges. Cat News Special Issue 10: 56–59.
  8. Sliwa, A., T. Ghadirian, A. Appel, L. Banfield, M. Sher Shah & T. Wacher (2016). Felis margarita. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T8541A50651884.
  9. Rabeil, T., T. Wacher & J. Newby (2016). Sand Cat sightings in Niger and Chad. Cat News 63: 11–14.
  10. Shakula, G. (2016). Sand Cat in the eastern Kyzylkum Desert, Kazakhstan. Small Wild Cat Conservation News 2: 3–7.
  11. Ahmed, S., R. Al Zaabi, P. Soorae, J. N. Shah, E. Al Hammadi, R. Pusey & S. Al Dhaheri (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: 627–631.
  12. Breton, G, A. Sliwa, S. Azizi & A. Essalhi (2016). Sand Cats in the Moroccan Sahara – preliminary results of a new study. Cat News 63: 7–10.
  13. Baloch, Q. (2015). Sand Cat of Balochistan is under threat of extinction. The Balochistan Point
  14. Banfield, L. M., H. al Qahtani & D. Mallon (2014). Arabian Sand Cat Felis margarita harrisoni Status Review and Conservation Strategy. Al Ain Zoo, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  15. Burnside, R. J., M. Koshkin & P. M. Dolman (2014). Breeding population of Sand Cat in the Southern Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan. Cat News 60: 25–26.
  16. Mohammad, K. M., S. R. Lahony & H. M. Al-Rammahi (2013). First record of the Sand Cat, Felis margarita Loche, 1858 (Mammalia: Carnivora, Felidae), from Iraq. Zoology in the Middle East 59(4): 358–359.
  17. Sliwa A., G. Breton & F. Chevalier (2013). Sand Cat sightings in the Moroccan Sahara. Cat News 59: 28–30.
  18. Breton, G. (2013). Sand Cat (Felis margarita) International Studbook Vol. 21. Le Parc des Félins, Nesles.
  19. 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.
  20. Herrick, J. R., J. B. Bond, M. Campbell, G. Levens, T. Moore, K. Benson, J. D'Agostino, G. West,D. M. Okeson, R. Coke, S. C. Portacio, K. Leiske, C. Kreider, P. J. Polumbo & W. F. Swanson (2010). Fecal endocrine profiles and ejaculate traits in Black-footed Cats (Felis nigripes) and Sand Cats (Felis margarita). General and Comparative Endocrinology 165: 204–214.
  21. Herrick, J. R., M. Campbell, G. Levens, T. Moore, K. Benson, J. D'Agostino, G. West, D. M. Okeson, R. Coke, S.C. Portacio, K. Leiske, C. Kreider, P. J. Polumbo & W. F. Swanson (2010). In Vitro Fertilization and Sperm Cryopreservation in the Black-Footed Cat (Felis nigripes) and Sand Cat (Felis margarita). Biology of Reproduction 82(3): 552–562.
  22. Mehrdadfar, F. & B. Swanson (2010). Sand Cat, one of the truly amazing cats. Wildlife Middle East 4 (4): 5.
  23. Dubey, J. P., A. Pas, C. Rajendran, O.C.H. Kwok, L. R. Ferreira, J. Martins, C. Hebel, S. Hammer & C. Su (2010). Toxoplasmosis in Sand Cats (Felis margarita) and other animals in the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife in the United Arab Emirates and Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation, the State of Qatar. Veterinary Parasitology 172: 195–203.
  24. Belbachir, F. (2009). Spotted: the elusive Sand Cat in Algerian Ahaggar Mountains, central Sahara. Cat News 50: 17–18.
  25. 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.
  26. Sher Shah, M., & P. Cunningham (2008). Fences as a threat to Sand Cats, Felis margarita Loche 1858, in Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East 44(1): 104–106.
  27. Strauss, M., M. Shobrak & M. Sher Shah (2007). First Trapping results from a new Sand Cat study in Saudi Arabia. Cat News 47: 20–21.
  28. Serra, G., M. S. Abdallah & G. A. Qaim (2007). Occurrence of Rüppell's Fox, Vulpes rueppelli, and Sand Cat, Felis margarita, in Syria. Zoology in the Middle East 42(1): 99–102.
  29. Cunningham, P. (2002). Status of the Sand Cat, Felis margarita, in the United Arab Emirates. Zoology in the Middle East 25(1): 9–14.
  30. Huang, G., J. Rosowski, M. Ravicz & W. Peake (2002). Mammalian ear specializations in arid habitats: structural and functional evidence from Sand Cat (Felis margarita). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 188(9): 663–681.
  31. Bunaian, F., S. Mashaqbeh, M. Yousef, A. Buduri & Z. Amr (1998). A new record of the Sand Cat, Felis margarita, from Jordan. Zoology in the Middle East 16(1): 5–7.
  32. Sausman, K. (1997). Sand Cat: a true desert species. International Zoo Yearbook 35(1): 78–81.
  33. Nowell, K. & P. Jackson (1996). Sand Cat Felis margarita Loche, 1858. In: Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland. Pp. 47–50.
  34. Dragesco-Joffé, A. 1993. Le Chat des sables, une redoutable chasseur de serpents. In: La Vie sauvage au Sahara. Delachaux & Niestlé, Lausanne, Paris.
  35. Geptner, V. G. & A. A. Sludski (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.
  36. Abbadi, M. (1993). Israel's elusive feline: Sand Cats. Cat News 18: 15–16.
  37. Abbadi, M. (1991). Israel's elusive feline: Sand Cats. Israel Land and Nature 16 (3): 111–115.
  38. Abbadi, M. (1989). Radiotelemetric observations on Sand Cats (Felis margarita) in the Aravah Valley. Israel Journal of Zoology 36: 155–156.
  39. Goodman, S. M. & I. Helmy (1986). The Sand Cat Felis margarita Loche, 1858 in Egypt. Mammalia 50: 120–123.
  40. Hemmer, H. (1978). Were the Leopard Cat and the Sand Cat among the ancestry of domestic cat races? Carnivore 1: 106–108.
  41. Hemmer, H. (1978). Nachweis der Sandkatze (Felis margarita harrisoni Hemmer, Grubb und Groves, 1976) in Jordanien. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 43: 62–64.
  42. Hemmer, H. (1977). Biology and breeding of the Sand Cat. In: R.L. Eaton (ed.) The world's cats: contributions to the breeding, biology, behavior and husbandry. Carnivore Research Institute, University Washington, Seattle.
  43. Roberts, T. J. (1977). Felis margarita. In: Mammals of Pakistan. Ernest Benn Ltd., London. Pp. 142–143.
  44. Hemmer, H., P. Grubb & C. P. Groves (1976). Notes on the Sand Cat, Felis margarita Loche 1958. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 41: 286–303.
  45. Hemmer, H. (1974). Felis margarita scheffeli, eine neue Sandkatzen-Unterart aus der Nushki-Wüste Pakistan. Senckenbergiana Biologica 55: 29–34.
  46. Hemmer, H. 1974. Studien zur Systematik und Biologie der Sandkatze (Felis margarita Loche, 1858). Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoo 17: 1–20.
  47. Schauenberg, P. (1974). Données nouvelles sur le Chat des sables ''Felis margarita'' Loche, 1858. Revue Suisse De Zoologie 81(4): 949–969.
  48. Heptner, W. G. (1970). Die turkestanische Sicheldünenkatze (Barchankatze), Felis margarita thinobia Ognev, 1926. Der Zoologische Garten 39: 116–128.
  49. Dementiev, G. P. (1956). Nouvelles données sur le chat désertique Felis margarita Loche. Mammalia 20 (3): 217–222.
  50. Haltenorth, T. (1953). Lebende arabische Sandkatze (Felis margarita Loche, 1858). Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 1: 71–73.
  51. Pocock, R. I. (1938). A new race of the Sand Cat (Felis margarita). Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 11 1(4): 472–476.
  52. Pocock, R. I. (1938). The Algerian Sand Cat (Felis margarita Loche). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, B108: 41–46.
  53. 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.
  54. Loche, V. (1858). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Chat. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Series 2 vol X: 49–50.