Cat vs sea beard

Felis catus compared with Nemertesia antennina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cat	sea beard
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Cnidaria (刺胞動物)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Hydrozoa (ヒドロ虫綱)
Order	Carnivora (ネコ目)	Leptothecata (軟クラゲ目)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Plumulariidae
Genus	Felis (Small Cats)	Nemertesia
Species	Felis catus	Nemertesia antennina

Evolutionary Relationship

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

表示 Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

Cat

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

sea beard

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cat	sea beard
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).

sea beard

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

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。