Table 3.

Wild felid species present in North Africa.

Species	Description	Geographic distribution	Reference
Caracal	Body length: 61–105 cm	Mauritania, Morocco,	[89]
Caracal caracal Schreber, 1776	Height: 40–50 cm	Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,
	Weight: 8–20 kg	Egypt
	In captivity, average lifespan as long as 16 years
Chaus	Relatively short tail, long legs, big	Morocco, Algeria, Egypt	[95]
Felis chaus Schreber, 1777	pointed ears
Sand cat	Weight: 2–3 kg	Morocco, Algeria,	[100]
Felis margarita Loche, 1858	Living in arid areas with temperatures ranging from 0 °C to 58 °C	Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
Serval	Medium sized African cats	Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia	[89]
Felis serval Schrever, 1776	Body length: approximately 60 cm
	Weight: on average 14 kg
	Average life in the wild is 10 years
African wildcat	Body length: 40–66 cm	Morocco, Algeria,
Felis silvestris lybica Forster, 1780	Tail length: 24–37 cm	Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
	Weight: 2.4–6.4 kg