What wild cats are related to pet cats?

Answer 1

All cats fall under the family Felidae. Domestic cats are in the subfamily Felinae (big cats such as Lions, Tigers, Leopards and Jaguars fall under the subfamily Pantherinae), along with six species in the Felis genus.

These six species in Felis genus are:

• Jungle Cat (Felis chaus)
• Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
• Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
• Wildcat (Felis silvestris)
• Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
• Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis lunensis)

Another Answer:

They are from feline ancestors such as lions and tigers.

Answer 2

The sabre-toothed tiger is one of them.

Another Answer

It is thought that the oldest "true" cat was Proailurus. It lived in what is now Europe and Asia, around 25 million years ago. It was a small predator, slightly larger than a modern domestic cat.

Proailurus is thought to be to be a likely ancestor to Pseudaelurus, prehistoric cat that lived 20-8 million years ago. Pseudaelurus is the ancestor of today's cats, as well as the famous sabre-tooth cats.

There has been much debate over the origins of the domestic cat over the last century or so. It is most likely that the African wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), is the ancestor of the modern domestic cat. This species is found mostly in the deserts of Israel, Saudi Arabia, and other Middle Eastern countries and is thought that some individuals started living in close proximity to humans around ten to twelve thousand years ago.

These formerly wild felines became household companions, and the same cat species appear to have accompanied human tribes as they gradually migrated and spread throughout the world.

Answer 3

A small and shrew like animal that lived 70 million years ago is thought by some to be the common ancestor of all "placental mammals". This would include humans, cats and dogs.

Answer 4

the family a cat is related to is called "feline family"

Answer 5

they are both felines so yes in the same way we are related to monkeys. however they are very distantly related and are not direct ancestors of domestic cats

Answer 6

all of the wild cats