Annual Cosmos vs Cat

Cosmos bipinnatus compared with Felis catus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual Cosmos	Cat
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Magnoliopsida (목련강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Asterales (국화목)	Carnivora (식육목)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Cosmos	Felis (Small Cats)
Species	Cosmos bipinnatus	Felis catus

Conservation Status

Annual Cosmos

NE — Not Evaluated

Cat

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Annual Cosmos	Cat
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	46 cm
Average Weight	—	4.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Cosmos

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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).

Annual Cosmos

The Annual Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) is a species in the genus Cosmos. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland en.

Cat

인류에게 가장 성공적인 반려동물 중 하나인 집고양이는 약 10,000년 전 근동 지역의 야생고양이(Felis silvestris lybica)에서 가축화된 소형 민첩한 육식동물이다. 70개 이상의 공인 품종이 존재하며, 고양이는 강한 포식 본능을 유지한 채 지구상의 거의 모든 육상 환경에 분포하고 있다. 세계에서 가장 인기 있는 반려동물로, 전 세계 약 6억 마리가 사육되고 있다.