Where are cats in the food chain?

Question

i'm doing a report for biology, and i think cats are at the top, but i have a vague feeling that foxes prey on domestic cats. if you are going to help me please list your source.

Answer 1

It depends on the food chain, in some you will find domestic cats at the top, others you will find them one step down (due to wild dogs, birds pf prey, larger cats).

With wild cats the majority like lions, tigers, jaguars... they tend to be the apex pred so of course they are at the top.

Answer 2

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In your "what if" scenario, where is the killing agent sourced to? Is it in grass/grain source or in the mice? If you are speaking of "wild/native grass" being the source, then the problem would probably be localized and affect populations other than just the mice and the mice eating cats. If you are speaking of "wild mice" again, you are speaking of more of a localized event unless the contaminate/contagion has a traveling mechanism. If there is a contaminate/contagion within the cat population and the cat still has another tier above it in the food chain (animals and birds of prey) then one would have to be concerned about the higher tier as well. On the other hand, there are a number of domestic cats that would continue to survive because their food chain comes off the grocery store shelf. Even among the feral cat population, a number eat a variety of food sources including insects, birds, and garbage can contents; they are not particularly rodent eaters. Of course, we are increasingly realizing that a number of contaminates and contagions are not as species specific as we were all taught. Even more astounding to many is that humans are more susceptible to animal contagions and contaminates than previously believed; we are not as different from other animal species as once thought. Increasingly, we are realizing that each and every living thing does its part to form a complete ecosystem. Each thing plays a role of taking in others wastes and/or problems and in turn produces wastes that is utilized in some way by something else. In some cases, an entire change of a localized ecosystem can occur not as much as in the loss or absence of an element but also in the timing of its reproductive or life cycle. We are realizing how localized ecosystem, climate, and habitat changes can affect multiple other ecosystems thousands of miles away. We are realizing that the presence, or lack of, an explosion of an elements population or decrease can affect the ecosystem in terms of habitat, completely different types of species, and even climate - in ways that are not related directly to that item's food chain and in ways we have not adequately considered until it is now no longer avoidable. Arriving at complete definition and and quantified effects is even more interrelated and difficult than previously realized. The loss of a single species on either a localized or global level can affect far more than what has been previously considered. This is based in the how, why, what of the localized system including other elements equally affected by the original problem as well as cascading problems, and then neighboring systems even if the original problem doesn't transport its self to other areas.

Answer 3

Cats are kind of at the top of their food chain. You have co..., what is that? Coyotes? So, without cats, their prey (mice) would overpopulate and begin to run out of food. Let's say Coyotes feed on cats, so without cats they'd have to find mice. Fortunately for the Coyotes, there'd be lots and lots of mice. So balance would eventually be restored between the coyote and mouse populations, but immediately after the disappearance of cats the coyote populate would dwindle and the mouse population would soar.

Answer 4

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Where are cats in the food chain?
i'm doing a report for biology, and i think cats are at the top, but i have a vague feeling that foxes prey on domestic cats. if you are going to help me please list your source.

Answer 5

Domestic cats really should not have any place in the food chain as they are not wild animals..but since many owner let them outdoors, they are eaten by coyotes, bobcats, possibly mountain lions and bears..kittens can be taken by large hawks or owls. Cats will eat rodents, rabbits, insects, and birds.

Answer 6

Cats are at the very top of the food chain. Not only do they want the cat food you feed them, but they also want your food and if you're inattentive they'll get it!

Answer 7

coyotoes eat domestic cats as do bald eagles. they eagles i've only seen once, but where i come from coyotoes are a big problem to every pet except dogs that are larger than them.