Cat and Dog Cladograms

Domestic cat is most closely related to

• European wildcat

• African wildcat

• Chinese desert cat

• sand cat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Common ancestor between the Pampas cat and cheetah

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 23

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Bobcat is most closely related to

• Eurasian lynx

• Iberian lynx

• Canadian lynx

• Geoffroy's cat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Sand cat is most closely related to

• black footed cat

• Chinese desert cat

• African wildcat

• jungle cat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In a clade descended from ancestor 35

• Lion

• Jaguar

• Leopard

• Ancestor 36

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Shares the most recent common ancestor with the cheetah

• jaguarundi

• puma

• ancestor 19

• pallas cat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The caracal and African golden cat shared an ancestor...

• 3 million years ago

• 30 million years ago

• 8 million years ago

The snow leopards closest living relative:

• tiger

• ancestor 37

• leopard

• clouded leopard

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

in the clade derived from ancestor 23

• tigrina

• margay

• kodkod

• bobcat

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Most recent common ancestor between the fishing cat and the flat headed cat

• 16

• 17

• 15

• 14

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3