Plausibility of the Japanese Nekomimi

So I'm creating a world in which humans have a close sister species very similar to the Japanese Nekomimi seen in anime and manga. Eventually, the humans turn on Nekomimis, perceiving themselves as superior. I'm not concerned with how Nekomimis actually came to be (handwavium can apply here), but I would like them to behave fairly similarly to humans, but different enough that humans would eventually want to cast them out as outsiders - despite our love of cats as proven by the Internet.

I was wondering how their realistic biology could work, my current framework is that:

• They have a tail extending out from roughly the equivalent area as on a cat.

• Their ears are similar in style to a cat's, in that they turn to face sources of noise, rather than human ears that don't move and they only have one set of ears, unlike some depictions.

• Any areas that would be fur (such as a tail) or hair (like our head hair) are the same colour.

• They can eat the same food as humans and are omnivores.

I'm also looking for any ways that Nekomimis would be better suited to some jobs than humans due to their biological differences.

posted about 8 years ago

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