Evolution, Genetics, and Diseases of Cats

PART 2

The 'walking cycle' of the newer Felis lineage.

The 'walking cycle' of the older Panthera lineage.

The two styles of walking are similar yet have distinctions in the balance and the skull shape, along with the way of propelling themselves with their hind legs.

Cats have been a part of civilization andbegan domestication in Ancient Egypt, forming what many cats are today. On the left is a cat's mummy from Ancient Egypt.

Cats originated from Asia and moved across the world by land.

PART 3