Because all animals belonging to Felidaeâs sister taxa, Viverridae, have long tails, scientists could infer that this character state represents the ancestral trait. Some domestic cats display a rosette pattern on their coats.
measurement system: The metric system of measurement. For a time, the international prototype metre and kilogram were based, for convenience, on the archive standards rather than directly on actual measurement of Earth.
The millimeter (mm), centimeter (cm), decimeter (dm), meter (m), and kilometer (km) are metric units of length. These units are used when measuring length, height, width, depth, or distance.