All About Cats
CATS
cats are commonly kept as a pet, for the cat family, see falidae. the felids are a rapidly evolving family of mammals that share a common ancestor only 10-15 M years ago and include in addition to the tigers,cougars,lions,domestic cat and many others. Within this family domestic cats are parts of the genus felis which depending upon classification scheme. All the cats in this genus share a common ancestor that probably lived around 6-7 M years ago in asia.
Domestic cats are similar in size to the other members of genusfelis with 4 - 5 kg. Free-ranging cats are active both day and night, although they tend to be slightly more active at night. Cats have seven cervical vertebrrae as do almost all mammals. That cat skull is unusual among mammals in having very large eye sockets and powerful an specialized jaw. Cats are obligate carnivores, their physiology has involved to efficiently process meat, and they have dificulty digesting plant matter. Some of these products still fail to provide all the nutrients cats require,and diets containing no animal products pose the risk of causing severe nutritional deficiencies.
