Domestic cat (Felis catus)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Mammalia » Eutheria » Laurasiatheria » Carnivora » Feliformia » Felidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Yellow cone553nm  553nm
Rod501nm  501nm
Blue cone450nm  450nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Yellow cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Lime-Blue
565nm - 503nm - 445nm
 
Yellow cone Blue cone
(Rod)
Photopic
Cones-Rods
590nm - 534nm - 476nm
 
Yellow cone Rod Mesopic

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Notes and References:

Clark DL, Clark RA. Neutral point testing of color vision in the domestic cat. Exp Eye Res. 2016 Dec;153:23-26. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2016.10.002. Epub 2016 Oct 5. PMID: 27720709.

Guenther, E., & Zrenner, E. (1993). The spectral sensitivity of dark-and light-adapted cat retinal ganglion cells. Journal of Neuroscience, 13(4), 1543-1550.

Crocker, R. A., Ringo, J., Wolbarsht, M. L., Wagner, H. G. Cone Contributions to Cat Retinal Ganglion Cell Receptive Fields (1980) J. Gen. Physiol., 76 763-785

Ringo J, Wolbarsht ML, Wagner HG, Crocker R, Amthor F. Trichromatic Vision in the Cat. (1977) Science. 1977 Nov 18;198(4318):753-5. PMID: 910161

Yokoyama, S. & Radlwimmer, F. B. (1998) The "Five-Sites" Rule and the Evolution of Red and Green Color Vision in Mammals. Mol. Biol. Evol. 15(5):560-567. ISSN: 0737-4038

Douglas R.H., Jeffrey G. (2014) The spectral transmission of ocular media suggests ultraviolet sensitivity is widespread among mammals. Proc Roy Soc B 281(1780) doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2995

Ghim MM, Hodos W (2006) Spatial contrast sensitivity of birds. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 192(5):523-34. doi:10.1007/s00359-005-0090-5

Jacobson SG, Franklin KBJ, McDonald WI (1976) Visual acuity of the cat. Vision Research 16(10): 1141-1143. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(76)90254-6

Srinivasan, S., Carlo, C. N., & Stevens, C. F. (2015). Predicting visual acuity from the structure of visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(25), 7815-7820.

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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