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Cat
This article is about the cat species
that is commonly kept as a pet. For
the cat family, see Felidae. For other
uses, see Cat
(disambiguation) and Cats
(disambiguation).
Conservation status
Domesticated
Scientific classification
Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataCl
ass:MammaliaOrder:CarnivoraSubord
er:FeliformiaFamily:FelidaeSubfamily:
FelinaeGenus:FelisSpecies:F. silvestris
Subspecies:F. s. catusTrinomial
nameFelis silvestris catus
(Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
Synonyms
Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758
Felis catus
domestica Erxleben, 1777[3]
Biology
Behavior
Ecology
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Notes
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