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The difference between a domesticated cat and a big cat a thread 
domestic cats and lions are both in the same kingdom, phylum, class, order, sub order and family however a domestic cat sub family is "Felinae" and a lions is "Pantherinae" and their genus' are "Felis" and "Panthera". They are also different species...
...a lion is a Panthera Leo and a domestic cat is a Felis Catus. They differ in size, habitat, behaviour (domestic cats arent as agressive) prey and social structure.
Because a domestic cats genus is Felis this means they are most closely related to the sand cat, scottish wildcat, black footed cat and a jungle cat. This genus is of a small to medium sized cat species. the smallest being a black footed cat and the largest being the jungle cat
A lions genus however is panthera. This means the lions closets relatives are the jaguar, tiger, leopard and snow leopard. All of these (apart from the snow leopard) have the ability to roar.
about 10-15 million years ago they had a common ancestor as theyre bith apart of the felidae family. The earliest signs of domestication of a african wild cat dates back to 7500-7200 BC. Wildcats from Eygpt have contributed to the gene pool of the domestic cats over time...
...During domestication over thousands of years the cats anatomy and behavious have changed drastically. For example domestic cats now are smaller, social, high intelligence, affection towards humans.
lions however have never been domesticated due to their behaviours and their nature. There are still similarities between lions and domesticated cats but at the end of the day you can keep a domesticated cat as a pet but you cant keep a wild lion as a oet because their...
...nature and behaviour is different. Theyre also different species of cat meaning they arent completely the same as they have taken different evolutionary paths over thousands of years. I am no expert on this so please correct me if anything is wrong!! all the....
...information i have gotten is from schools and some from google. The point is you can have a domesticated cat as a pet but you cant have a lion.
