evolution and domestication of cats

Question 1

order and family of cats

Answer 1

carnivora, felidae

Question 2

felids are the ____ carnivores

Answer 2

strictest

Question 3

two subfamilies of felidae

Answer 3

pantherinae; tiger, lion, jaguar and leopard

felinae; cougard, serval, lynx, caracal, ocelot and domestic cat

Question 4

earliest known felid

Answer 4

proailurus from eurasia

protractable claws

Question 5

the proailurus gave way to

Answer 5

pseudaelurus

eurasia, africa and north america

Question 6

what is common ancestor for pantherinae and felinae (and extinct subfamily machairodontinae ie saber tooth cats)

Answer 6

the pseudaelurus

Question 7

wild felids native to every continent except

Answer 7

aus and antarctica

Question 8

felids share a genetic anomaly that prevents them from tasting

Answer 8

sweetness

due to nonfunctional TAS1R2 protein

Question 9

felids have what kind of claws

Answer 9

protractable

Question 10

felid skull

Answer 10

highly domed w short muzzle, wide zygomatic arches and large sagittal crest

Question 11

wild cat cousins

Answer 11

bengal and savannah (illegal in aus)

Question 12

why were cats domesticated

Answer 12

they domesticated themselves

Question 13

domestic cat scientific name

Answer 13

felis silvestris catus

Question 14

all domestic cats are descended from the near eastern wildcat

Answer 14

felis sylvestris lybica

turkey and Egypt

Question 15

oldest evidence of cat domestication

Answer 15

cyprus cat burial next to human 9500 years ago

Question 16

Egyptian history

Answer 16

old kingdom; first illustration of cats w collars

middle kingdom; cats frequently mummified and painted and in statues

new kingdom; worshipped, killing a cat was death sentence

Question 17

how did cats get form egypt to british isles

Answer 17

phoenician traders exported cats in exchange for tin

Question 18

ancient romans and cats

Answer 18

symbol of liberty

Question 19

japan and cats

Answer 19

protect manuscripts from rodents; 2 cats in each temple

Question 20

in europe during middle ages and cats

Answer 20

demonized

pop gregory IX called them satan, killed and then bubonic plague spread

cat image improved in 1600s

Question 21

one of earliest and most important changes in cats in europe

Answer 21

development of tabby patterning; camouflage

Question 22

long hair is result of

Answer 22

spontaneous mutation that became fixed through inbreeding in an isolated and cold environment, likely in turkey

Question 23

maine coon

Answer 23

geographic isolation and natural selection gave rise to maine coon

coon derived form early belief they were part raccoon

Question 24

what is an example of one of earliest spontaneous mutations

Answer 24

manx cat

Question 25

worlds first cat show

Answer 25

london 1871

Question 26

how many registered breeds

Answer 26

43