{"id":6053,"date":"2023-07-19T03:58:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T11:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2023-07-19T03:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T11:58:50","slug":"paws-up-for-wednesday-surprising-relationships-in-the-feline-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6053","title":{"rendered":"Paws Up for Wednesday \u2013 Surprising Relationships in the Feline World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ExoticCatSanctuary-239-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ExoticCatSanctuary-239-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ExoticCatSanctuary-239.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Oh my, what an interesting trip I took recently through the world of feline relationships\u2014I mean genetics. I think I\u2019ve told you that in Olivia\u2019s DNA report the wild cat she\u2019s most closely related to is the cheetah. Well, I guess that\u2019s true of almost all domestic cats. That makes domestic cats also related to the cougar\/mountain lion.<\/p>\n<p>Lions, tigers, and leopards are panthers. Who knew? I guess anyone who did their <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NewYorkAli4Birthday-075-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NewYorkAli4Birthday-075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NewYorkAli4Birthday-075-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NewYorkAli4Birthday-075-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>research. What are the differences between felines and panthers? Now it gets dicey and confusing. Evidently all cats are felines. Yeah, that confused me too, since I also read that felines purr and panthers roar.<\/p>\n<p>So all cats are felines, but the lion, tiger, jaguar, etc. are pantherinae. The domestic <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>cat as well as the cougar and cheetah fit under the term felidae. But don\u2019t take my word for it, here\u2019s a site you might enjoy. Then go announce to your cats who their ancestors really are. Fascinating stuff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-a-mountain-lion-closer-related-to-an-African-lion-than-a-tiger-is\">https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-a-mountain-lion-closer-related-to-an-African-lion-than-a-tiger-is<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigcatswildcats.com\/big-cats\/big-cats-biological-classification\/\">https:\/\/bigcatswildcats.com\/big-cats\/big-cats-biological-classification\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my, what an interesting trip I took recently through the world of feline relationships\u2014I mean genetics. I think I\u2019ve told you that in Olivia\u2019s DNA report the wild cat she\u2019s most closely related to is the cheetah. Well, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6053\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6054,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions\/6054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}