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I skimmed the article. One thing they didn't mention was color vision. The immediate ancestors of the domestic cat were diurnal hunters with color vision. In d

I skimmed the article. One thing they didn't mention was color vision. The immediate ancestors of the domestic cat were diurnal hunters with color vision. In domestic cats they not only hunt mainly at dusk or night, but the entire section of the brain related to color vision is much smaller.

dragonwriter 3y ago
> The immediate ancestors of the domestic cat were diurnal hunters with color vision. AFAIK, the immediate ancestor has been identified as a wildcat which was most closely related to, and possibly the same subspecies as, the modern African wildcat, F. silvestris lybica, a mostly-nocturnal hunter.