Roaming range of domestic cats

Self-tutoring about domestic cats: the tutor researches how far cats commonly roam.

We have no pets, but other people’s cats visit our yard daily. There is rotation: some are new arrivals, while others have come for years. Some only come at night. Doubtless we never see some.

I wondered: From how far away might these cats come?

Checking around, I found some numbers. Assuming a circular range, a typical house cat might wander around 80m from home. A feral cat, on the other hand, might range as far as 1.3km from its base.

Interesting, eh?

Source:

news.illinois.edu