Cats

Cats (Felis Domesticus) are one of the most adopted and popular pets. Most are furry, domesticated, and eat meat. They are sometimes called "house cats" or just simply cats.

Most people have cats in their household for companionship or in farms for protecting wheat etc. from rodents and birds.

Cats have great reflixes, sharp retractable claws, and sharp teeth to kill small prey. Cats outside eat small birds, fish, and rodents.

Skeletal
Cats have over 230 bones in the body and 500 muscles (10% of bones in the tail).

Breeds
There are many breeds of cats. Here are the following cat breeds: For more breeds please go to your local pound or petstore.
 * Abyssian
 * Aagean Cat
 * Australian Mist
 * American Polydactyl
 * American Bobtail
 * American Curl
 * American Longhair
 * American Shorthair
 * American Wirehair
 * Asian (Cat)
 * Asian Semi-Longhair
 * Balinese
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 * Bengal
 * Birman
 * Bombay
 * Brazilian Shorthair
 * British Shorthair
 * Burmese
 * Calico
 * Chartreux
 * Colourpoint Shorthair
 * Cornish Rex
 * Cymric
 * Devon Rex
 * Egyptian Mau
 * Exotic Shorthair
 * Havana Brown
 * Himalayan
 * Japanese Bobtail
 * Javanese
 * Korat
 * Maine Coon
 * Manx
 * Norwegian Forest
 * Ocicat
 * Oriental
 * Persian
 * Pixie Bob
 * Ragdoll
 * Russian Blue
 * Savannah (a mix of a domestic cat and a serval)
 * Scottish Fold
 * Siamese
 * Siberian
 * Singapura
 * Snowshoe
 * Somali
 * Sphnynx
 * Tabby
 * Tonkinese
 * Turkish Angora
 * Turkish Van

Domestication
It is believed that Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, around somewhwere 3,000 B.C. They were in charge of pest control. The breed of cats seen on ancient writing walls are Egyptian Maus (Mau is the Egyptian word for cat).

Cats are believed to come into Europe around 900 B.C. Cats also came to America on the Mayflower with the Pilgrims, and were in charge of keeping rodents of the ship.

Video Games
Several games (such as Petz, Nitendo Dogs + Cats, Purr Pals, etc.) have been released where the player may care for a cat.