In addition to good hearing, the cat's ears can be divided into 3 kinds, the first is the most common, that is, we see in our lives the standing ear cat. The representative breeds are field cats, American short cats, Ragdoll cats and so on.
The next is the folded ear cat, the folded ear cat and the standing ear cat is different, the folded ear cat's ear is floppy, very cute, its representative breeds are Scottish Fold, and some subsidiary folded ear cats, and so on.
The last is the curly-eared cat, the curly-eared cat and the folded ear cat's ear form is just the opposite, the folded ear cat's ear was folded down to the state, the curly-eared cat's ear was flipped out of the state.
And the curly-eared cat, like the folded-eared cat, is the result of a genetic mutation. Currently, the curly-eared cat is a cat breed of its own.
2, any cat has 4 ears
But no matter whether it is a standing ear cat, or a folded ear cat, or even a curly ear cat, they all have 4 ears, and this is a normal phenomenon, veterinary medicine, the extra pair of ears of the cat is called the attached ear!
Every cat has an attached ear, but the attached ear is very hidden, if the owner does not look carefully, it is not visible, first of all, the cat attached ear grows at the root of the cat's ear, covered by hair, so it is difficult to see, and second, the cat attached ear is very small compared to the normal ears of the cat, so it is easy to be ignored.
3. The role of the attached ear
The attached ear is not a deformity, it serves to help cats collect sound, as well as allow sound to be relayed back to the ear several times, and even has the function of amplifying sound. We can compare the cat's ear to a sail on a boat, a sail of the boat runs faster, or more sails of the boat runs faster
In fact, about the cat attached ear, as early as in China's ancient times, there is a mention of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial palace courtyard is vast, but mostly wooden structure, and therefore suffer from the infestation of rats, the imperial court looked for a number of parties in the Sichuan Province, after finding a kind of cat, successfully solved the problem of the rats for the imperial palace.
4, it is worth mentioning that the cat's attached ears are also much larger than the average cat, it looks like there are four ears, so the ability to catch rats is strong, this cat is now the Sichuan Jane Zhou cat, also known as the descendants of the four ears of the cat.
So if you find that your cat has a pair of ears growing underneath its ears, don't panic, and don't pull it with your hands, it's a cat's appendages, and it's even more of a part of the cat's body, it's not a disease, and it's not a deformity.