Cat vs Tiger

Felis catus compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

Cat is Not Evaluated while Tiger is Endangered.
Tiger is 48.9x heavier than Cat.
Tiger lives longer (20 years vs 15 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cat	Tiger
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order same	Carnivora (ネコ目)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family same	Felidae (Cats)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Felis (Small Cats)	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Felis catus	Panthera tigris

Evolutionary Relationship

Cat and Tiger share a common ancestor at the Family level: Felidae. (Cats)

表示 Family: Felidae

Conservation Status

Cat

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Tiger

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cat	Tiger
Diet	Carnivore	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	15 years	20 years
Average Length	46 cm	3.0 m
Average Weight	4.5 kg	220.0 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).

Tiger

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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。