Victor Loche - first identified the Sand Cat (Felis margarita) while exploring the North Sahara.
A single skin collected near Jericho in 1864 prompted him to describe the new subspecies Felis chaus furax as this skin was smaller than other Egyptian jungle cat skins.
One can also take in the local wildlife, such as the Black-backed Jackal, Dorcas Gazelle, Felis, Caracal, various bird species, and the Hamadryas baboon.
As varieties Severtzov lists Felis nipalensis described by Thomas Horsfield and Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Leopardus Elliotti, Leopardus Horsfieldi and Leopardus chinensis described by John Edward Gray, and Felis bengalensis described by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest.