Cat vs Mantled Baskettail

Felis catus compared with Epitheca semiaquea

Key Differences

• Cat is Not Evaluated while Mantled Baskettail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cat	Mantled Baskettail
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Arthropoda (節足動物)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Insecta (昆虫)
Order	Carnivora (ネコ目)	Odonata (蜻蛉目)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Corduliidae
Genus	Felis (Small Cats)	Epitheca
Species	Felis catus	Epitheca semiaquea

Evolutionary Relationship

Cat and Mantled Baskettail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

Conservation Status

Cat

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Mantled Baskettail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cat	Mantled Baskettail
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	15 years	—
Average Length	46 cm	—
Average Weight	4.5 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).

Mantled Baskettail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Cat

人類が最も成功した家畜の一つであるイエネコは、約1万年前に近東のヤマネコ（Felis silvestris lybica）から家畜化された小型で敏捷な肉食動物だ。70を超える公認品種が存在し、ネコは強い捕食本能を維持したまま地球上のほぼすべての陸地環境に分布している。世界で最も人気のあるペットで、世界中で約6億匹が飼育されていると推定される。