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Cat

The cat (Felis catus), also called domestic cat and house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is a member of Felidae, the family of mammals in the order Carnivora also colloquially referred to as cats. It is an obligate carnivore, requiring a predominantly meat-based diet. Its retractable claws are adapted to killing small prey species…

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Cat

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related to Domestication · 34
Cat → African, As, Baltic Sea, BCE, By, Carthaginian, Corsica, Cyprus, During, Egypt, Egyptian, Etruria, Etruscan, Europe, Fertile Crescent, Germany, Greece, Greek, However, It
related to history · 28
Cat → Ancient Greeks, Animals, Aristotle, Artemis, Bastet, Bastet's, BC, Bubastis, Cats, Diana, Egypt, Egyptian, Families, Greek, Greeks, Herodotus, History, In, In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Iokastos
related to Etymology and naming · 18
Cat → African, Arabic, English, Germanic, Greek, Hungarian, Late Latin, Latin, Nobiin, Northern European, Northern Sámi, Old English, Proto-Uralic, Syriac, The, The Late Latin, The Nubian, Uralic
related to Superstitions and rituals · 17
Cat → According, An, Arabic, Belgium, Brazil, For, Germany, Greece, In, Italy, John Heywood, John Heywood's The Proverbs, Kattenstoet, Many, Spanish-speaking, The, Ypres
related to External links · 15
Cat → American, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Cats, Domestic, Encyclopedia Americana, EnsemblHigh-resolution, Felis, The, The Origin, Wikibooks Quotations, Wikimedia CommonsAnimal Care, Wikiquote, Wikispecies Media, Wiktionary Data, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Habitats · 14
Cat → Antarctica, As, Due, Feral, However, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, It, Kerguelen Islands, Kruger National Park, Scotland, South Africa, The, This
related to Health issues · 14
Cat → Accidental, Animals, Between, Cruelty, Feline Medicine, Feline Practitioners, In, International Society, Plants, Prevention, Professional, Several, The American Association, The American Society
related to Taxonomy · 14
Cat → African, Carl Linnaeus, Erxleben, Felis, Gentry, In, International Commission, IUCN Cat Classification Taskforce, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Konstantin Satunin, Linnaeus, The, Transcaucasus, Zoological Nomenclature
has impact · 13
Cat → Cats, Chatham, Chioninia, Domestic, In, In Australia, Lyall's, More, Navassa, New Zealand, One, The South Island, United States
related to Sociability · 13
Cat → Adult, Because, Between, Each, Ethologically, In, Life, Outside, Some, The, Their, These, Within

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Catis aonly domesticated species of the family Felidae.Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat started in the Near East around 7500 BCE0.90text
Catis amember of the Felidae0.90text
Catis aobligate carnivore and has adapted to a low-fibre highly digestible meat diet0.90text
Catis apotential mate0.90text
Catis acosmopolitan species and occurs across much of the world0.90text
Catis asymbol of good fortune0.90text
miceinstance ofIts retractable claws are adapted to killing small prey species0.80text
ratsinstance ofIts retractable claws are adapted to killing small prey species0.80text
the Kellas cat in Scotlandinstance ofproducing hybrids0.80text
a tree branchinstance ofThis may be a concealed hunting site0.80text
for domestic cats to pounce upon preyinstance ofThis may be a concealed hunting site0.80text
3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-olinstance ofCats are sensitive to pheromones0.80text

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