Why are domestic cats so much smaller than all the other cats?

Question

Why are domestic cats so much smaller than all the other cats?

Answer 1

i am pretty sure that it has to do with the way that other cats have been bred throughout the generrations.

Answer 2

I have two tabbies that are 17 and 19 pounds each, and not fat!

Answer 3

They are breed like it, it would be kinda scary dont cha think?!? xx hehe xxxx

Answer 4

Breeding. LOL can you imagine having a 30-pound house cat who's in a bad mood??

Answer 5

There's big cats -- lions, tigers

Medium cats -- cougars, leopards, jaguars, marbled cats

And there's small cats -- ocelots, margays, rusty spotted cats, black footed cats, Scottish wildcats, flat headed cats, domestic cats.

They each fall into different species groups that are related distantly.  

Answer 6

They aren't.

The Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus), weighing a maximum of 1.6kg, is the smallest member of the cat family.