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 metric system is an international system of measurement that is based on powers of 10. To express a certain metric unit as a larger or smaller metric unit all that is required is to move the decimal point a proper number of places to the left or right. Metric Units of Linear Measure. 1 millimeter (mm)