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 measure units of length are based on the meter. 1  The millimeter (mm) is the smallest metric measure of length and equals 1/1000 of a meter. 2  The centimeter (cm) is the next largest unit of length and equals 1/100 of a meter.  The decimeter (dm) is the next largest unit of length and equals 1/10 of a meter.