 In the scrub habitat of western Rajasthan, they live largely on desert gerbils, but also hunt hares, rats, doves, gray partridges, sandgrouses, peafowl, bulbuls, sparrows and eat eggs of ground birds.They have also been observed killing cobras, saw-scale vipers, sand boas, geckos, scorpions and beetles.Results of a feed item analysis of Asiatic wildcats in the Tarim Basin revealed that their primary prey was the Tarim hare followed by gerbil, jerboa, poultry and small birds, fish, "Cardiocranius" spp., Agamid lizards and sand lizard.