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.
Units of measure in the metric system include: The units of length or linear size are based on the metre. They include the kilometre (km) which is 1000 meters, the centimetre (cm), and the millimetre (mm) which is 1/1000th of a meter. The unit of volume is the litre.