Can Cats See in the Dark?

 proportion to their body size. Also their vertical pupils can dilate to a much larger extent than a human pupil. These features allow in as much light as possible.
Moving down to the cellular level the cats eye contains a much higher percentage of rods compared to a human eye. Rods are one of two types of lightsensitive
cells in the retina at the back of the eye and they turn the incoming light into electrical signals that are then transmitted to the brain. Rods primarily detect light and shadows making them especially important in dim light. Cones the other lightdetecting cell are primarily involved in color vision and spacial acuity.

Finally cats have a reflective tapetum in the back of their eyes. This area known as the tapetum lucidum is responsible for the eerie

 greenishyellow glow of cats eyes when caught in lights. This layer of the eye reflects light onto the retina and allows more light to
hit more of the rods 1
How Does My Cats Vision Compare With Mine?
Pet parents are often curious how cats vision compares to ours. Cats can see much better in low light than we can due because of their eyes anatomy but what about clarity and color?

In visual acuity we excel over our cats. They dont see the world as clearly as we do. Typically humans have more cones in their retinas than cats allowing us to see sharper images and better spacial visualization 2
We also boast better color vision than our cats. We believe based on the types of cones
in their eyes cats dont see colors exactly the way humans do. Though we dont now everything about how cats perceive color they likely see a more muted spectrum 3