domestic cat

cat, also known as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from other felines, a small carnivorous species of nocturnal mammal that is often valued by humans for its companionship and its ability to hunt vermin

Classification

"Felis, Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia, chordate"

Class

mammal, taxon, subspecies, species

Examples

▶ Socks; Innuendo; India; Tama; Oscar;  …

Humphrey; CC; Simon; Little Nicky; Orangey; Fred the Undercover Kitty; Lewis; Trim; Peter, the Lord's cat; Smudge; Tabby; Bubbles; Jasper; Oliver; Newt; Room 8; Pixie; Sunny

Parent Class

▶ animal, mammal, eukaryote, cat, chordate,  …

vertebrate, object, Carnivora, tetrapod, placental mammal, Felinae, Felis, Feliformia, quadruped, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, deuterostome, therian, Laurasiatheria, Neomura, non-human animal, physical object, non-human mammal, animal or plant, intelligence possessing entity, entity that is capable of deliberate action, object with a geographical location, natural object, object with a mass, object with a height, visible object, object classified by physical property, individual object, object with a length or height, biological thing, organism

Types

▶ Maine Coon; Ragdoll; Siamese; kitten; Sphynx;  …

Savannah; Manx; Persian; Bengal; calico cat; Russian Blue; Norwegian Forest Cat; Abyssinian; Scottish Fold; Himalayan; Egyptian Mau; British Shorthair; Burmese; Munchkin; Ocicat; Siberian; Turkish Van; Devon Rex cat; Birman; Bombay; Turkish Angora; Japanese Bobtail; Cornish Rex; Balinese; American Shorthair; Tonkinese; toyger; Chartreux; Korat; Snowshoe; Oriental Shorthair; American Curl; Javanese; Somali; California Spangled Cat; Singapura; Cheetoh; Exotic Shorthair; Peterbald; LaPerm; Nebelung; Don Sphynx; Aegean cat; American Bobtail; Chausie; Serengeti cat; Havana Brown; Australian Mist; Domestic shorthaired cat; Oriental Longhair; Burmilla; German Rex; European Shorthair; Asian Semi-longhair; Domestic longhaired cat; Sokoke; Selkirk Rex; Pixie-Bob; Ukrainian Levkoy; British Longhair; American Wirehair; Ojos Azules; Cymric; American Keuda; Thai Cat; Dragon Li; Ussuri; Van Kedisi; Brazilian Shorthair; Russian White, Black and Tabby; Skookum; York Chocolate Cat; Asian; Sumxu; Chantilly-Tiffany cat; Turkish Vankedisi; British Longhair; Oriental Bicolour; Kurilian Bobtail; Traditional Persian cat; Ragamuffin; Donskoy; Siamese Persian Cats; American Longhair; Thai; Minskin; Khao Manee; tom

Author

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

Phobia

Ailurophobia

Collective Noun

▶ "kindle", "cluster", "clan", "nuisance", "dout",  …

"pounce", "glaring", "clutter", "clowder"

Avg. Lifespan

15 years

Average Weight

4.5 kilograms

Gestation Length

62 days

Family

cat

Genus

Felis

Kingdom

animal

Order

Carnivora

Phylum

chordate

Representing Symbol of

Berklee College of Music, East Aurora High School

Eat

meat (excluding seafood), cat food, meat (including seafood)

Sold By Every, Sold by

cat shelter

Theme of

The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare, The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts, The Cat Who Came to Breakfast, The Cat Who Brought Down the House

Often Sold By Members Of

pet shop

Principle Class of

domestic cat, Norwegian Forest Cat

Related Products

▶ aquarium, Gerbil, Microchip implant, pet animal, item of pet equipment,  …

dog food, pet food

Common-sense Distinct From

lion, person, attribute, geographical area

Related Object

Cath, Oubastet

Attributes

domesticated

Possible Properties

can swim

Related Websites

▶ http://www.all-about-siamese-cats.com/cat-behaviour.html, http://www.flickr.com/photos/amphalon/2144454358, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Felis_catus, http://home.ncifcrf.gov/ccr/lgd/mammal%20pdfs/MS600_O%27Brien_SciAm.pdf, http://www.animalhospitals-usa.com/cats/cat_vaccination.html,  …

http://www.aafponline.org/resources/guidelines/Feline_Behavior_Guidelines.pdf, http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=0&cat=1763&articleid=1108, http://www.petcat.us/questions.shtml, http://maxshouse.com/Database_toc.htm, http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc, http://home.ncifcrf.gov/ccr/lgd/comparative_genome/catgenome/index_n.asp, http://www.aafponline.org, http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/whycat.htm, http://www.catpert.com, http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Choosing_a_cat, http://www.albertastars.com/galleries/cats-predatory-behavior, http://brainmaps.org/index.php?p=speciesdata&species=felis-catus

Binomial Name

"Felis catus"

Never

hot

Actions

sleep

Names

"cats"

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000000f6fc"

OpenCyc ID

"Mx4rvVkFc5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Miau, http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cat

Universal Attributes

warm blooded, mammalian, carnivorous

Principal Class

domestic cat

Aliases

"pussy", "cat"

Rare Terms

▶ "cat", "gatto", "my cat", "felis sylvestris catus", "domestic feline",  …

"felis cattus", "quick cat facts", "miau", "murka", "felis cattus domesticus", "kitty", "domestic housecats", "felis silverstris catus", "miaou", "woosel", "woosels", "kitty cat", "housecat", "house cat", "felis catus domesticus"

Adjective

"feline"

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/01yrx"

Distinct From

▶ tiger, lion, person, puma, jaguar,  …

leopard, ocelot, geographical area of significant size, attribute, geographical area, concept with variable precision