Sand cat

Sand cat - species of the only cat living foremost in true deserts. This taxon is the 1032^nd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of taxon and the 868^th most popular taxon in English Wikipedia. Article “Sand cat” in English Wikipedia has 97.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 142 references and 12 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Sand cat” was edited by 7 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 17 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Sand cat”, its content was written by 364 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1441 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Sand cat is on the 868^th place in local ranking of taxon in English Wikipedia and on the 1032^nd place in global ranking of taxon in all the time.

The article is cited 591 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4768 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #6223 in January 2024
• Global: #3065 in December 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #10582 in February 2014
• Global: #10691 in October 2017

There are 49 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Sand cat		97.1429
2	Romanian (ro) Pisică de deșert		76.6457
3	Indonesian (id) Kucing pasir		56.1962
4	Dutch (nl) Woestijnkat		54.0576
5	Polish (pl) Kot pustynny		53.4246
6	German (de) Sandkatze		51.33
7	Galician (gl) Felis margarita		50.6927
8	Croatian (hr) Pustinjska mačka		49.3476
9	Swedish (sv) Sandkatt		49.0837
10	French (fr) Chat des sables		47.7637

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Sand cat" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sand cat		4 743 237
2	Russian (ru) Барханный кот		1 086 146
3	Japanese (ja) スナネコ		855 924
4	French (fr) Chat des sables		600 435
5	German (de) Sandkatze		428 894
6	Spanish (es) Felis margarita		365 708
7	Italian (it) Felis margarita		334 717
8	Arabic (ar) قط الرمال		251 861
9	Polish (pl) Kot pustynny		246 774
10	Chinese (zh) 沙漠猫		188 217

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Sand cat" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sand cat		24 811
2	Japanese (ja) スナネコ		2 976
3	Russian (ru) Барханный кот		2 784
4	French (fr) Chat des sables		2 221
5	German (de) Sandkatze		2 105
6	Spanish (es) Felis margarita		1 672
7	Italian (it) Felis margarita		1 212
8	Chinese (zh) 沙漠猫		1 014
9	Polish (pl) Kot pustynny		842
10	Persian (fa) گربه شنی		693

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Sand cat" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sand cat		364
2	French (fr) Chat des sables		114
3	German (de) Sandkatze		101
4	Russian (ru) Барханный кот		66
5	Hebrew (he) חתול חולות		61
6	Dutch (nl) Woestijnkat		60
7	Italian (it) Felis margarita		48
8	Arabic (ar) قط الرمال		46
9	Danish (da) Sandkat		36
10	Spanish (es) Felis margarita		34

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Sand cat" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sand cat		7
2	French (fr) Chat des sables		3
3	Czech (cs) Kočka pouštní		2
4	Arabic (ar) قط الرمال		1
5	Basque (eu) Felis margarita		1
6	Indonesian (id) Kucing pasir		1
7	Portuguese (pt) Gato-do-deserto		1
8	Russian (ru) Барханный кот		1
9	Azerbaijani (az) Barxan pişiyi		0
10	Belarusian (be) Барханны кот		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Sand cat" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Sand cat		591
2	Persian (fa) گربه شنی		485
3	Catalan (ca) Gat de la sorra		447
4	Arabic (ar) قط الرمال		360
5	Bulgarian (bg) Пясъчна котка		348
6	Indonesian (id) Kucing pasir		272
7	Hebrew (he) חתול חולות		181
8	Vietnamese (vi) Mèo cát		154
9	Romanian (ro) Pisică de deșert		147
10	Portuguese (pt) Gato-do-deserto		144

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قط الرمال
az	Azerbaijani Barxan pişiyi
be	Belarusian Барханны кот
bg	Bulgarian Пясъчна котка
ca	Catalan Gat de la sorra
cs	Czech Kočka pouštní
da	Danish Sandkat
de	German Sandkatze
el	Greek Αγριόγατα της άμμου
en	English Sand cat
eo	Esperanto Sablokato
es	Spanish Felis margarita
et	Estonian Luitekass
eu	Basque Felis margarita
fa	Persian گربه شنی
fi	Finnish Hietakissa
fr	French Chat des sables
gl	Galician Felis margarita
he	Hebrew חתול חולות
hi	Hindi रेत बिल्ली
hr	Croatian Pustinjska mačka
hu	Hungarian Homoki macska
hy	Armenian Ավազաբլրային կատու
id	Indonesian Kucing pasir
it	Italian Felis margarita
ja	Japanese スナネコ
kk	Kazakh Шағыл мысығы
ko	Korean 모래고양이
la	Latin Felis margarita
lt	Lithuanian Margarita
ms	Malay Kucing pasir
nl	Dutch Woestijnkat
no	Norwegian Sandkatt
pl	Polish Kot pustynny
pt	Portuguese Gato-do-deserto
ro	Romanian Pisică de deșert
ru	Russian Барханный кот
sh	Serbo-Croatian Pustinjska mačka
simple	Simple English Sand cat
sk	Slovak Mačka púšťová
sl	Slovenian Saharska mačka
sr	Serbian Пустињска мачка
sv	Swedish Sandkatt
th	Thai แมวทราย
tr	Turkish Kum kedisi
uk	Ukrainian Кіт барханний
uz	Uzbek Qum mushugi
vi	Vietnamese Mèo cát
zh	Chinese 沙漠猫

Best Rank

English: #10582 02.2014

Global: #10691 10.2017

Best Rank

English: #6223 01.2024

Global: #3065 12.2011

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