Domestic and feral house cats in the United States

A) are a keystone species, controlling potentially huge populations of rodents.
B) provide the necessary population control for pigeons, starlings, and cowbirds.
C) kill more than one billion small mammals and birds annually.
D) spread viral infections to native carnivores.


C

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