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Cat – Wikipedia
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Cats were first domesticated in the Near East around 7500 BC. It was long thought that cat domestication was initiated in ancient Egypt, as since around 3100 BC veneration was given to cats in ancient Egypt. As of 2021 there are an estimated 220 million owned and 480 million stray cats in the world.

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Cat Ancestry: Where Do Cats Come From? – National Kitty

Cat Ancestry: Where Do Cats Come From?

Scientists have found evidence of domestic cats in Bulgaria, Turkey, and sub-Saharan Africa as early as 400 BCE. These cat’s genetic ancestors originated in Egypt. The remains of cats with the same ancestry were also discovered in a Viking site in North Germany.

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Where Did Cats Originally Come From? – Reference
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All members of the Felidae family originated in Asia, but domestic cats originated in the Fertile Crescent, which includes parts of Iraq and several nearby countries. Wild cats like panthers traveled to the Americas on land bridges in prehistoric times.

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Where did cats come from? The fascinating history of the …

Where did cats come from? The fascinating history of the domestic cat

For a long time, it was believed that domestic cat originated 4000 years ago in Egypt, and from there spread to other parts of the world (13). It is not difficult to understand why this belief persisted. Cats were a part of the well-documented religious cult.

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Where Do Cats Come From? | Cuteness
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Remarkably, all breeds of domestic cat that we know today evolved from only five lineages of cats: the near eastern wildcat, the central Asian wildcat, the sub-Saharan African wildcat, and the Chinese desert cat.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cat

cat | Origin and meaning of cat by Online Etymology Dictionary
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cat (n.) Old English catt (c. 700) domestic cat, from West Germanic (c. 400-450), from Proto-Germanic *kattuz (source also of Old Frisian katte, Old Norse köttr, Dutch kat, Old High German kazza, German Katze), from Late Latin cattus.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-house-cats-158390681/

A Brief History of House Cats | History | Smithsonian Magazine
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All domestic cats, the authors declared, descended from a Middle Eastern wildcat, Felis sylvestris, which literally means cat of the woods. Cats were first domesticated in the Near East, and some…

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Where do polydactyl cats come from? – PoC

Where do polydactyl cats come from?

The popular purebred Maine Coon cats are not uncommonly polydactyl (40% are poly cats apparently). Maine is on the east coast just north of Boston. Long haired ship’s cats would have come ashore from England in the 17th and 18th centuries. These cats are the original Maine Coons of America. MORE ON CAT’S PAWS:

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Woman yelling at cat meme: His name is Smudge, he’s from …
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Smudge the cat is a feline from Kanata who has inspired memes from around the world for his reaction to a salad placed in front of him. Smudge the cat usually sits at the dinner table with his …

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Zoonotic Disease: What Can I Catch from My Cat? | Cornell …
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Infected cats most often come from environments housing large numbers of animals. In cats, ringworm usually appears as a dry, gray, scaly patch on the skin. In humans, ringworm often appears as a round, red, itchy lesion with a ring of scale around the edge. Lesions may be found in a variety of places, including the scalp, the feet (where’s …