Lecture 34 Evolution & Domestication - Cats

Question 1

Cats are in the order ___ and family ___

Answer 1

Carnivora > Felidae

Question 2

Two subfamilies of felids are:

Answer 2

1. Pantherinae
2. Felinae

Question 3

Tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards are in the group

Answer 3

Pantherinae < Felidae < Carnivora

Question 4

Domestic cats, cougars, cheetahs, servals, lynxes, caracal, and ocelots are in the group

Answer 4

Felinae < Felidae < Carnivora

Question 5

Cats have ___ claws

Answer 5

Protractable

Question 6

Common ancestor of Pantherinae and Felinae is

Answer 6

Pseudaelurus

Question 7

Extinct subfamily of Felidae is

Answer 7

Machairodontinae (saber-tooth cats)

Question 8

Smilodon, Machairodus, and Homotherium are

Answer 8

3 genera of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae

Question 9

Wild felids are native to every continent except

Answer 9

Australia and Antarctica

Question 10

Felids share a genetic anatomy that

Answer 10

Prevents them from tasting sweetness

Question 11

Taste buds are

Answer 11

Receptors that bind proteins

Question 12

Sweet receptors are made of

Answer 12

2 proteins encoded by 2 genes (TAS1R2 and TAS1R3)

Question 13

In felids, TAS1R2 lacks

Answer 13

247 base pairs (ie. amino acids) causing the sweet receptor to not form

Question 14

The tail of cats is between

Answer 14

1/3 to 1/2 the length of the body

Question 15

Skull of cats is ___ and the muzzle is ___

Answer 15

Highly domed; short

Question 16

Cat skulls have (3):

Answer 16

-wide zygomatic arches
-large sagittal crest
-strong masticatory (chewing) muscles

Question 17

Two examples of cats that interbreed with their wild cousins

Answer 17

-Bengal
-Savannah

Question 18

The Savannah cat is

Answer 18

Illegal in Australia

Question 19

Wild cats were attracted to human settlements by

Answer 19

Mice and rats

Question 20

Felis silvestris catus

Answer 20

Domestic cat

Question 21

Analyses of mitochondrial DNA determined that all domestic cats are

Answer 21

Descended from the New Eastern Wildcat (Felis sylvestris lybica)

Question 22

Genetically pure cats are

Answer 22

Rare and almost extinct because they reproduce with domestic cats

Question 23

Most frequently mummified animal is

Answer 23

The cat

Question 24

Development of tabby patterning in cats was used to

Answer 24

Better camouflage in forests

Question 25

A more stocky, or cobby, body and head in cats was used for

Answer 25

Adaptation to cold

Question 26

Tabby patterning and a stockier body in the cat were a result of

Answer 26

Matings with European Wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris)

Question 27

Long hair in cats is the result of

Answer 27

Spontaneous mutation that became fixed through inbreeding in isolated and cold environments

Question 28

Cat breeds are the result of (3)

Answer 28

-genetic mutation
-geographic isolation
-human preference

Question 29

Geographic isolation and natural selection resulted in the ___cat

Answer 29

Maine Coon

Question 30

One of the earliest spontaneous mutations is the ___ cat

Answer 30

Manx

Question 31

There are ___ registered cat breeds

Answer 31

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