Cat vs Chimpancé

Felis catus compared with Pan troglodytes

Key Differences

• Cat is Not Evaluated while Chimpancé is Endangered.
• Cat is carnivore while Chimpancé is omnivore.
• Chimpancé is 11.1x heavier than Cat.
• Chimpancé lives longer (45 years vs 15 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cat	Chimpancé
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Felis (Small Cats)	Pan (Chimpanzees)
Species	Felis catus	Pan troglodytes

Evolutionary Relationship

Cat and Chimpancé share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Cat

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Chimpancé

EN — Endangered

Population: ~300.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cat	Chimpancé
Diet	Carnivore	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	15 years	45 years
Average Length	46 cm	1.2 m
Average Weight	4.5 kg	50.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cat

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Chimpancé

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Congo (DRC), Guinea, Tanzania, and Uganda. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cat

Uno de los compañeros domésticos más exitosos de la humanidad, los gatos domésticos son pequeños carnívoros ágiles originarios del gato montés del Cercano Oriente (Felis silvestris lybica) domesticado hace aproximadamente 10.000 años. Con más de 70 razas reconocidas, los gatos conservan fuertes instintos depredadores y han colonizado prácticamente todos los entornos terrestres de la Tierra. Son la mascota más popular del mundo, con alrededor de 600 millones en cautiverio.

Chimpancé

El pariente vivo más cercano de la humanidad, compartiendo aproximadamente el 98,7% del ADN, los chimpancés habitan los bosques tropicales y las sabanas arbóreas de África central y occidental. Primates altamente inteligentes y sociales que usan y fabrican herramientas, muestran tradiciones culturales y se comunican con vocalizaciones ricas, incluido el distintivo jadeo-grito. En Peligro, con poblaciones que disminuyen debido a la deforestación, la caza de animales silvestres y la transmisión de enfermedades por parte de los humanos.