Evoluthion

For many years zoologists and taxonomists have argued the point as to exact classification of the feline species. In looking at the phylogony, which is the study of the evolutionary development and history of a species, modern wild cat ancestry can be traced back well over 2 million years. From fossil remains of the various species of big cat - lion, tiger, leopard and jaguar - it has been possible to piece together an overview of the various relationships between today's cat species. A common, but distant ancestry leave all wild cat species with fundamental similarities. However through evolutionary adaptation, marked differences now distinguish one species from another - those built for speed over land and others built for agility in the tree tops - those who hunt by day and those who are nocturnal in pursuit of their prey.