Cats

... that it is a natural term.... roughly. the species definition is only blurred in some cases though, like different but related species (related cats, related dogs, related horses, etc) being able to interbreed despite being different species, and bacteria, which don't multiply sexually, but ...

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... readily distinguishable from another, and which rarely or never interbreed naturally. For example lions and tigers are different species of big cats. Eeven where they occur together (in the Gir forest, India) they are sufficiently different in type and behaviour that they do not interbreed naturally. ...

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... strategy, not a mistake. Not true, there is genetic variation in cross breeding of dogs. But they are a family of animals. Try to breed them with cats who are in the same order--carnivores. First there is an instinct within fauna to stay within their family or a similar species. Second, contrary ...

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... prefixes helps and knowing lots of latin, but the only one I can think of that applies to this is: Ana builds AND anabolism is building up Cats destroy catabolism is breaking down hope that helps? and you can measure the rate of a reaction by the appearance of products or disappearance ...

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... and their ploidy are somewhat arbitrary and you will probably find it difficult to infer anything from comparing karyotypes. For example cats have 38 chromosomes, Humans 46, Dogs 78, and they are all mammals, trying to infer any 'relationship' would be difficult. It's not something i've ...

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