Family of carnivorous mammals that belong among others the cat and the Tiger
The felidae or felid is a term that refers to the family of mammals that is characterized by the following signs: carnivorous, digitigrade (support fingers walking), round head, snout short, the forefeet have five toes and the rear only four, super sharp and retractable nails, i.e. which allows them the retraction being hidden in a cavity. They belong to this animal group as famous as cats, Tiger, Lion, jaguar, Cheetah and the Lynx, among others.
Main features
To the features just mentioned, we should add that they are masters of slender physiognomies, great dynamics and speed in terms of movements, and have a fantastic development of the senses of sight and hearing. Developed in the Oligocene, as is called the third geological period corresponding to the Paleogene period, during the Cenozoic Era, some 33.9 million years ago. The felidae are almost a cent by cent carnivores, i.e., they eat meat, which obtained it from dams that deal with Hunt personally. Sharp claws are the fundamental tools of capture and it is virtually impossible to escape them once seized the dam in question. Species in danger of extinction the felidae is a large family because it brings together a large number of species, well, unfortunately, and because of the indiscriminate hunt that has occurred on many of them, to take advantage of their fantastic skins, is now that the family has been decimated. The destruction of natural habitats has also contributed to the disappearance of many species.
The cat, the most popular exponent
As a result of savagery in which most of this family large species are bred human interacts little with them. Anyway, it is possible to see them in zoos and tourist expeditions. The species of felidae that interacts most man is the domestic cat. A relationship that started for more than nine thousand years and that every day becomes more intense. Except in continents such as Oceania and Antarctica, where the climatic conditions are not very good for their survival, we can find species of this family in the world.