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PAGE INDEX 1. Lateral view 2. Details | All cat species have very short snouts, with a reduced number of cheek teeth. The eye sockets are very large, in a domestic cat the vertical diameter of the eye socket is greater than the length of the snout. The skull of a wild cat (Felis sylvestris) is said to be larger and more robust, but as hybridisation may have been taking place since Roman times, there may not be a clear distinction between "wild" and "domestic" cats in Britain. |
Dental Formula : 3.1.2-3.1 / 3.1.2.1
 | 1.Domestic cat skull, lateral view.
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| Details of Specimens Illustrated |
- Image 1
- Domestic Cat Felis catus
- Date collected - 1989
- Area collected - Bristol
- Collection ref. - 89.014
- Source - Destroyed by vet.
- Measurements
This is a rather small animal, probably a female. Another skull in my collection, from a large male ("Sooty") has a condylobasal length of 92.3mm.Condylobasal length 81.1mm Zygomatic width 59.8mm Jaw length 56.4mm Interorbital width 16.4mm Post-orbital constriction 29.5mm Latin Name : Felis "a cat", catus - alternative latin word for a cat.
- Date collected - 1989