All the Cats

A few months ago, MinuteEarth gave us a video about all the different kinds of dogs, and as you would expect, they were inundated with requests to do the same for cats. So we get the feline family tree, going back the Proailurus, the first cat, which lived around 30 million years ago. 

From Proailurus, we got all the other cats, from extinct saber-toothed tigers to exotic big cats to domestic kitties. The cats that still live in the wild come in more shapes, sizes, and species than you know. Even the familiar wild cats are not as closely related as you might think. Domestic cats are pretty much all the same species today, although some of the exotic domestic breeds are deliberate hybrids. All are lovable. (via Geeks Are Sexy)