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.
metric unit, metric - a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); convert all the measurements to metric units; it is easier to work in metric. miles per gallon - the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel.