The Sand cat (Felis margarita) is a small African wild cat. Not the smallest as this is the closely related Blackfooted cat. Often is referred to "desert cat" but this name is reserved for Felis silvestris lybica, or the African wildcat, but it could be appropriate for this species. It lives in those arid areas that are too hot and dry even for the desert cat: the Sahara, the Arabian Desert, and the deserts of Iran and Pakistan
