| > | | | | Maine Coon. The Siamese breed of cats is |
| The night vision of cats is six times greater than | | | | exceptionally more vocal.The Maine Coon breed of |
| human beings. For function of vision, Cats have more | | | | cats looks somewhat like a Raccoon. The American |
| nerve cells in their brain as compared to human | | | | Curl breed of cats have ears that curl away from the |
| beings and all other mammals. Cats also have about | | | | face. Many cat encyclopedias are now available at |
| three times more rods in their eyes as compared to | | | | Cat Encyclopedias like Catlopedia, The Ultimate |
| human beings so they can see better than human | | | | Encyclopedia Of Cats, Cat Breeds and Cat Care by |
| beings in dim light. Cats have Peripheral vision and | | | | Alan Edward, The Encyclopedia of the cat by Michael |
| binocular vision which enables it to accurately judge | | | | Pollard and The cat - A Complete Guide by Claire |
| large distances. Eyes of cats have a additional third | | | | Bessant are now available at are free from many |
| eyelid or nictitating membrane which is a thin fleshy | | | | skeletal abnormalities that can affect dogs. All cats |
| membrane that is usually tucked away at the inner | | | | have flexible spine. The cat's body has great |
| corner of the eye. The third eyelid helps in protection | | | | elasticity. Because the vertebrae of the spinal column |
| and cleaning of eye. Cats have highly developed | | | | are held together by muscles rather than by |
| sense of touch. The skin of cats is covered with | | | | ligaments, as in humans, the cat can elongate or |
| highly sensitive touch spots which respond to the | | | | contract its back, curve it forward, or oscillate it |
| lightest pressure. Ear of cats can rotate up to 180 | | | | along the vertebral line. A cat uses its tail for |
| degrees in order to locate and identify even the | | | | balancing while jumping or falling. All cats have an |
| faintest of squeaks, peeps and rustling noises. Ears of | | | | excellent sense of balance, which enables them to |
| cats have twelve muscles.Domestic cats possess | | | | leap and pounce with ease. Several spongy pads of |
| some colour vision.Cats sense of hearing is one of | | | | thick skin cover the bottoms of a cat's feet. The |
| the highest in animal kingdom. Hearing power of cats | | | | pads cushion the paws and enable a cat to move |
| is about three times greater than human beings. | | | | quietly. Cat hunts and kills birds, rats, mice, insects, |
| Hearing power of cats is about two times greater | | | | rabbits, frogs, squirrels, lizards, snakes, fishes, |
| than dogs. Cats can hear sounds of upto 65kHz and | | | | cockroaches and other small animals. Cats are most |
| dogs can hear sounds of upto 30kHz. There are | | | | skillful hunters out of all other animals. A cat usually |
| more than forty thousand nerve fibres present in the | | | | hunts alone instead of hunting in groups because |
| auditory nerve of cats as compared to human beings | | | | hiding and pouncing cannot be successful in a group |
| having about thirty thousand. Sense of smelling in | | | | whereas dogs always hunt in groups.Cats also have a |
| cats is highly developed. Cats have fourteen times | | | | keen sense of balance and can easily walk along the |
| more smelling power than human beings.The cats | | | | tops of narrow fences or along narrow ledges.All cats |
| have additional smelling organ known as jacobson's | | | | are excellent fisherman. Cats can be used as catchers |
| organ besides having nose. The jacobson's organ is | | | | of fish. Cats run faster than any other animal. A |
| located in the upper surface of a cat's mouth. The | | | | domestic cat can run at speeds of upto thirty miles |
| sense of taste in cats is as developed as sense of | | | | per hour. Cheetah run faster than any animal. |
| smell.The taste buds are present in tongue of | | | | Cheetah can run at speeds of seventy miles per |
| cats.Cats prefer salty and sour tastes more than | | | | hour. Cats are also excellent swimmers. Some cats |
| sweetness and bitterness. The tongue of cats is | | | | can do swim for pleasure and some cats specially the |
| covered with hooklike rough protuberances or | | | | tiger swim for long distances. All cats walk on the tips |
| papillae, that it uses to rasp meat from bones and to | | | | of their toes, not on the soles of their feet. The |
| groom itself. Out of all domestic animals, only cats | | | | Giraffe and Camel are the only known animals that |
| have true furs. Cats have both undercoat fur and | | | | walk on the tips of their toes similar to cats. Cats are |
| outer fur. The fur of cats are warm, soft, shiny, silky | | | | sleepiest of all mammals. A cat sleeps for sixteen to |
| and of various lengths depending upon breed of cat. | | | | eighteen hours in a day.Whiskers are long straight |
| The cats can have upto two hundred hairs for every | | | | hairs that protrude from the lips of cats. The |
| square millimeter on their body. There are more than | | | | whiskers are sensitive to air currents. Whiskers or |
| hundred breed of cats. There are about forty | | | | vibrissae are delicate sensitive organs of touch |
| internationally recognized breeds of cats which differs | | | | equivalent to fingertips of human beings. Whiskers |
| mainly in their personality, intelligence, coat colour, | | | | may help catch reflections of sound, thus serving |
| coat colour pattern, body size, ear size, ear shape, | | | | somewhat the same function as antennae do in |
| nose size, eye colour, tail length, tail shape, thickness | | | | other animals.Cats have about twenty four movable |
| of tail, fur length, face shape and eye shape. Out of | | | | whiskers, twelve on either side of their nose. Small |
| all cat breeds, the Persian breed of cats have longest | | | | groups of whiskers are also situated on other parts |
| and thickest fur.The coat of Russian Blue cats is blue | | | | of the body as well such as on the outer edges of |
| coloured. The Manx breed of cats do not have a tail. | | | | cheeks, above the eyes and on the back of the |
| The largest breeds of domestic cat are Ragdoll and | | | | front legs. |