The Pallas's cat uses caves, rock and marmot burrows as shelter. In central Mongolia, 29 Pallas's cat were fitted with radio collars between June 2005 and October 2007. They used 101 during this time, including 39 winter dens, 42 summer dens and 20 dens for raising kittens. The summer and winter dens usually had one entrance with a diameter of . They resided in the summer dens for 2–21 days, and in the winter dens for 2–28 days. Summer and maternal dens were close to rocky habitats with little direct sunlight, whereas winter dens were closer to ravines. The home ranges of 16 females varied from . The home ranges of nine males varied from and those of one to four females and partly also those of other males. The sizes of their home ranges decreased in winter.