Table 2.

Pairwise genetic distances between domestic cats and 7 other mammalian species sharing a home range in North America

Species	Genetic distance (%) froma:
	Domestic cats	Mountain lions	Bobcats	Canadian lynx	White-tailed deer	Mule deer	Elk	Humans	Cattle
Domestic cats	100	94.9	98.6	99.1	92.1	92.1	92.5	89.7	87.7
Mountain lions	—	100	96.2	96.5	88	88	88.4	84	84.6
Bobcats	—	—	100	99.6	90.4	90.4	90.8	86.4	86.9
Canadian lynx	—	—	—	100	90.8	90.8	91.2	86.8	87.3
White-tailed deer	—	—	—	—	100	100	99.6	90.2	94.7
Mule deer	—	—	—	—	—	100	99.6	90.2	94.7
Elk	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	89.8	94.3
Humans	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	87.9
Cattle									100

^a—, repeat comparison.