i need to know and have links to medical documents that detail the
number of muscles in a cat's ear.

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Clarification of Question by ideasmerchant-ga on 07 Nov 2004 17:16 PST

are there any definitive medical definitions ????

is it 20 or 30 muscles, or does it depend on the cat?

i am particularly interested in domestic cats.

I don't know the answer but my cat never listens to me anyway ;)

Steph53

http://www.wtv-zone.com/BigCats/cat/facts.html

A cat's ear pivots 180 degrees.   They have 30 muscles in each ear,
and use twelve or more muscles to control their ear movement.

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http://www.thedailycat.com/facts/felinefacts/

More than 20 muscles in each ear enable a cat to move her ears like
radar dishes and pinpoint the source of a sound. The two ears can
rotate in different directions, as well.

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http://www.writefunny.com/cat_trivia.html

Cats have amazing hearing ability. A cat's ear has 30 muscles that
control the outer ear (by comparison, human ears only have six
muscles). These muscles rotate 180 degrees, so the cat can hear in all
directions without moving its head.

I think it's 32 muscles... but what do I know!?! (^.^)

I also heard it was 32 muscles