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  2. Feral cat - Wikipedia

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    Feral cats are distinguished from domesticated cats based on their levels of socialization, ownership, and confinement, and on the amount of fear of, interaction with, and dependence upon humans. However, veterinarians and rescuers disagreed on whether a feral cat would tend to hiss and spit at or attack a human during an encounter, and ...

  3. Domestication of the cat - Wikipedia

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    Hybrids between domesticated cats and silvestris showed less aggressive behavior and more docile temperament, leading the scientist to believe that the behavioral difference was genetic and most likely due to a difference in species. [1]: 85 This evidence suggests F.s. lybica is likely to be the common ancestor of all domesticated cats today.

  4. Cat Rescuer's Ingenious Test of New Kitty Reveals If He's ...

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    Feral cats are not wild animals—they are a domesticated species. Though some feral cats will never be able to make good pets, as they have not been socialized with people and may always be ...

  5. Farm cat - Wikipedia

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    A feral farm cat, showing numerous healed injuries from past fights with other cats. The farm cat, also known as a barn cat, is a domestic cat, usually of mixed breed, that lives primarily outdoors, in a feral or semi-feral condition on agricultural properties, usually sheltering in outbuildings.

  6. Study suggests cats aren't fully domesticated - AOL

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    Cats are wild. Not wild as in crazy, or as in a lot of fun to be around - wild as in, not completely domesticated. According to a new study, cats are only semi-domesticated, which isn't completely ...

  7. Cat - Wikipedia

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    The cat (Felis catus), also referred to as the domestic cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae . Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat occurred in the Near East around 7500 BC.

  8. Feral Cat's Transformation to Pampered Indoor Prince Is a ...

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    All of his outdoor cat friends get regular meals and 24/7 shelter, too, but Maci Moo and the indoor cats are truly living in luxury. It's such a gift that this couple can rescue so many animals ...

  9. List of felids - Wikipedia

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    Domestic cat. F. catus Linnaeus, 1758: Worldwide Size: 46 cm (18 in) long, 30 cm (12 in) tail [71] Habitat: Domesticated; feral cats have a cosmopolitan distribution in forests, grasslands, tundra, coastal areas, agricultural land, scrublands, urban areas, and wetlands [72] Diet: Birds and small mammals in the wild [72] NE Over 500 million [73]