Cat - Wikipedia The scientific name Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat [1][2] Felis catus domesticus was proposed by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777 [3] Felis daemon proposed by Konstantin Satunin in 1904 was a black cat from the Transcaucasus, later identified as a domestic cat [20][21] In 2003, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature conserved
Cat - New World Encyclopedia Characteristics Domestic cats are considered to be descended from the wild cat Felis silvestris, which is found naturally over much of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and which is one of the smaller members of the cat family It is thought that the original ancestor of the domestic cat is the African subspecies, Felis silvestris lybca (Nowak 1983) Wild cats weigh about 3 to 8 kg (6 to 18 lbs) and
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