Cat,
Felis silvestris catus, is a Carnivore. The word "cat" usually refers to "the cat" has been defused, but it can also refer to the "big cat" like a lion or a tiger.
Cats have mingled with human life as early as 6,000 years BC, the skeleton of a cat on the island of Cyprus. People of ancient Egypt from 3500 B.C. have used cats to keep mice or other rodents from the barn store yields.
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| White Cat |
Currently, the cat is one of the most popular pets in the world.
Cat's bloodline recorded officially as descendant of
cats or pure strains (pure breed), such as Persians, Siamese, manx, sphinx.
Cats like this are usually bred in the maintenance of the official veterinarian. The number of cat breeds is just 1% of all cats in the world, the rest is a cat with a mixed ancestry such as feral cats or cat's village.
A pet cat or kitten home is one of the greatest predators in the world. This cat can kill or eat some thousands of species — usually less than the
big cats of 100. But because of its small, the cat is not so dangerous to humans — the only danger that can arise is the possibility occurrence of rabies infections caused by bites the cat and the cat's nail too cakaran was a very painful and hurtful. Cats can be fatal to an ecosystem that is not the natural place to live. In some cases, the cat plays or causes extinction. Cat ambush and paralyze prey in a way like lions and tigers — biting the neck of their prey with sharp canines that injure the spinal cord or cause prey out of breath with damage the throat.
The cat is considered tobe "perfect carnivores" with teeth and digestive tract. Teeth first molar and premolar teeth forming a pair of fangs on each side of the mouth that works effectively as a pair of scissors for ripping flesh. Although this characteristic is also present on Canidae or dogs, but this trait developed better in cat. Unlike other carnivores,
cats eat hardly anything containing plants. Bears and dogs occasionally eat fruit, root, or honey as a supplement if there while the cats only eat meat, usually fresh game. In captivity, the cat can not adapted to a vegetarian diet because they cannot synthesise all amino acids they need just by eating plants; Unlike the pet dog, who often fed a mixture of meat and vegetable products and can adapt to a vegetarian diet in total.
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| male cat and female cat (love cat) |
Despite its reputation as a reclusive animal, a cat can usually form a colony of wild but not to attack in groups like a lion. Each cat has his own (sexually active men have the largest area, being a male sterile has the smallest area) and there is always "neutral" area where the cat can keep an eye on each other or meet absence of territorial conflict or aggression. Outside these neutral areas, regular regional authorities will catch the cat, beginning with the staring, hissing, growling, and when the alien cat stay, usually there will be a short fight.
Cats who are fighting to prove a body hair and Arch so that they look bigger. The attack usually consists of a slap in the face and body with the front legs are sometimes accompanied by a bite. Serious injuries due to cat fights are rare because the losing side will usually flee after suffering several wounds in the face. The men usually often involved many active fights throughout his life. This looks at the various cuts on the face, such as the nose or ears.
Female cats are also sometimes involved the fight to protect his children even
cats will keep up the sterile her with persistent.
View of the behavior of
cats that exist today, the Wildcat is the ancestor of domesticated
cats thought to have evolved in a desert climate. The cat is happy with the warm atmosphere and often sleeping under his warm sunshine. Litter is usually dry and
cats prefer buried her in place of sandy.
Cats can be freezing, don't move quite long especially when stalking prey or preparing to "pounce". In North Africa is still found wild
cats that maybe closely related to the ancestors of today's pet cat.
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| Angora Cat |
Because it has a close kinship with animals, desert heat and durability of the cat to chill climate subtropical area is somewhat limited. Cats are not resistant to fog, rain, and snow, although a like the Norwegian Forest Cat and Maine Coon are able to survive; and trying to keep up the normal body temperature, which is 39 ° C, in the wet. Most cats don't like soaking in water, with the exception the Turkish Van.
Pregnancy or gestation in cats ranged from 63 days. Kittens born blind and deaf. Their eyes open at the age of new 8-10 days. Kittens weaned by its mother at the age of 6-7 weeks and sexual maturity reached at age 10-15 months. Cats can contain 4 fetus at once because her womb have special forms with 4 different parts.
Types of domesticated cats :
Race Number of species of the cat race around the world very much. Each race has a special feature, but because of the frequent cross-breeding between the races, many cats are simply grouped together in a kind of long and short fur fur, depending the type of hair covering its body.
There are many sorts of cat breeds, some of them :Manx Some people call it
Rumpy. The tail is short, light brown and lavender fur Color. It is loyal, friendly and smart.
MaineCoon Originally from Maine, USA, and American Shorthair breeds of
Angora. Its funny, shy but want to, and easy-to-familiar. His fur is thin, soft, and its color varies.
British Shorthair Developed in the United Kingdom. This cat is calm, gentle, warm, and smart. Color of his fur is a plain (white, black, blue, red and beige), dwiwarna, concentrated, black striped.
Burmese (Burma) The cat was bred by Dr. Thompson (USA) from cat Queen wong mau (Burma) and siam. The brown color, blue color more ferret, champagne, lifa, red, Brown, and blue turtles. his carefree and playful.
Chinchilla longhair Persian Cat's most graceful. Fathers of the United Kingdom. The race is divided into two kinds, namely chinchilla bright colors (true) and a bit dark (Silver gradations).
An assortment of colors : Cats have many colors and patterns. These features do not depend on race. Home-based cats are grouped into the following types based on his physical appearance :
- short hairs
- the long hairs
- oriental (not a specific breed, all cats are slender-bodied, almond-shaped eyes, ears, and hair of subtle bodies are short)
Gene that regulates the color and pattern on the cat's fur determines physical appearance of a cat that distinguish them into :
Telon or Calico :White with a little black or orange color patches (or blue or beige). People often refer to Japan this pattern as mi-ke. Because the gene links with gender color feathers, a variegated color Calico cats are typically female.
Tortoiseshell : Black
with orange and white colors are scattered all over his body. Cats have black, bright orange, dark orange and called
Calimanco or
Clouded Tiger.
Tabby: striped with various patterns. The classic pattern on this cat-shaped bubbles bubbles or circle. Types of Tabby mackerel has three lines that appear on the side of his body, making this cat fish such as mackerel.
Maltese : the old name of blue cats (grey).
Bicolor (two colors) : also known as Tuxedo cat or Jellicle cat because it has a black plumage with a little white on the paws, belly, chest, and possibly also in the face.
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