portal Cats portal Cat § Domestication Cat genetics Domestication Felidae § Evolution Serpell, James A. (2013). "Domestication and history of the cat". In...

A.; Lyons, L. A. (2012-11-22). "Variation of cats under domestication: genetic assignment of domestic cats to breeds and worldwide random-bred populations"...

domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat occurred in the Near East around...

gives a list of domesticated animals, also including a list of animals which are or may be currently undergoing the process of domestication and animals...

may also apply to other domesticated animals. Some of the most commonly domesticated animals are cats and dogs. Domestication has been defined as "a sustained...

The Turkish Angora (Turkish: Ankara kedisi, 'Ankara cat') is a breed of domestic cat. Turkish Angoras are one of the ancient, natural breeds of cat, having...

agriculture depends on domesticated organisms but does not automatically result from domestication. Michael D. Purugganan notes that domestication has been hard...

The Bengal cat is a breed of hybrid cat created from crossing of an Asian leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) with domestic cats, especially the spotted...

ISBN 978-0-521-63495-3. Baldwin, J. A. (1975). "Notes and speculations on the domestication of the cat in Egypt". Anthropos. 70 (3/4): 428−448. Kilshaw 2011, pp. 2–3...

Look up cat, Cat, CAT, catted, or catting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The cat (Felis catus) is a domesticated feline species. Cat or CAT may also...

earliest domestication of cats occurred about 7500 BC and was motivated by the human need to safeguard grain stores from rodents. Farm cats live in a...

considered one of the oldest domesticated cat breeds, cats having been introduced to the islands during the Bronze Age. They are common as feral cats in Greece...

Cat intelligence is the capacity of the domesticated cat to solve problems and adapt to its environment. Research has shown that feline intelligence includes...

the site where the oldest evidence of human domestication of cats was found. Until recently the cat was commonly believed to have been domesticated in...

indicate that the domesticated cat became more popular in daily life. Cats were depicted in association with the name of Bastet. Cat cemeteries at the archaeological...

to be the founder of the Kanaani cat breed. The domestication of the Kanaani occurred through a hybridization of animals of the local Falcon Cat (Felis...

annually. Almost 30% of Australian households keep at least one domesticated cat. Domesticated cats must be microchipped in every state of Australia except...

The Maine Coon is a large domesticated cat breed. One of the oldest natural breeds in North America, the breed originated in the U.S. state of Maine, where...

The Egyptian Mau is a small to medium-sized, short to medium-haired cat breed. They are one of the few naturally spotted breeds of domesticated cat. The...

Ctenocephalides canis. Cat fleas originated in Africa but can now be found globally. As humans began domesticating cats, the prevalence of the cat flea increased...

after the domestication of the cat and the increase of global trade routes, as cats were recruited for rodent control. Unlike other wild predators, cats are...

by domestication. Studies have shown that domestic cats tend to meow much more than feral cats. They rarely meow to communicate with fellow cats or other...

the domesticated dog and cat. Budgies are nomadic flock parakeets that have been bred in captivity since the 19th century. In both captivity and the wild...

A bodega cat (also referred to as a deli cat, store cat, shop cat, the manager or the boss) is a type of working cat that inhabits a bodega, which in...

was the first cat species domesticated in Neolithic China about 5,000 years ago in Shaanxi and Henan Provinces. A leopard cat is about the size of a domestic...

Office in the United Kingdom Think Think and Ah Tsai, two cats owned by Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen The domestication of the cat Proailurus, the first...

O'Brien, Stephen J.; Macdonald, David W. (27 July 2007). "The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication". Science. 317 (5837): 519–523. Bibcode:2007Sci...317...

the current Sahel region. 7500 BC: Çatalhöyük urban settlement founded in Anatolia. 7500 BC: Earliest supposed date for the domestication of the cat....

perceived as a cosmetically desirable trait in some domesticated dog and cat breeds, notably the pug and Persian, and can be normal or abnormal in other...

A calico cat (US English) is a domestic cat of any breed with a tri-color coat. The calico cat is most commonly thought of as being 25% to 75% white with...