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Cat
Felis catus
Carnivores
vs
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Human
Homo sapiens
Primates ยท Least concern
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Human outweighs Cat 16ร โ 62 kg against 3.9 kg.
To scale
Grid at 50 cm
50 cm
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
Silhouettes: PhyloPic (CC0).
Cat
0.26 m
at the shoulder
Human
1.70 m
full standing height
Tale of the tape
Body mass
3.9 kg
๐ Cat ยท AnAge
62 kg
๐ง Human ยท AnAge
Shoulder height
0.26 m
๐ Cat
no figure yet
๐ง Human
Top speed
no figure yet
๐ Cat
38 km/h
๐ง Human
Bite force
no figure yet
๐ Cat
843 N
๐ง Human
Maximum lifespan
30 yr
๐ Cat ยท AnAge
123 yr
๐ง Human ยท AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Theria (subclass), home to 9,319 species.
They last shared an ancestor about 81 million years ago.
Estimates range from 74 to 89 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Upham, Esselstyn & Jetz 2019, PLoS Biology 17:e3000494 (CC0).