Cat vs Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

Felis catus compared with Hydrangea quercifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cat	Oak-Leaf Hydrangea
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Carnivora (ネコ目)	Cornales (ミズキ目)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Hydrangeaceae
Genus	Felis (Small Cats)	Hydrangea
Species	Felis catus	Hydrangea quercifolia

Conservation Status

Cat

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cat	Oak-Leaf Hydrangea
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).

Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Italy, and Norway.

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。