Cat, Felis silvestris catus, is a kind of carnivore. The word "cat" usually refers to the "cat" that has been tamed, but can also refer to the "big cats" like lions, tigers, and leopards.
Cats have been mingled with human life at least since 6000 years BC, from a cat skeleton on the island of Cyprus. Ancient Egyptians from 3500 BC have been using cats to keep rats or other rodents from the barn that manyimpan crops.
Today, cats are one of the most popular pet in the world. Cat lineage officially listed as a cat breeds or strains of pure (pure breed), such as Persian, Siamese, Manx, sphinx. Cats like this are usually bred in captivity official animal. The number of cat race is only 1% of all cats in the world, the rest is a cat with half-breed such as a wild cat or kitten home Characteristic
Pet cat or house cat is one of the world's greatest predators. This cat can kill or eat a few thousand big-cat species is usually less than 100. But because of its small size, cats are not so dangerous to humans-the only danger that can arise is the possibility of rabies infection from cat bites and scratches from the cat's nails is very sore and painful. Cats can be fatal to an ecosystem that is not a place to live nature. In some cases, cats contributed to or caused extinctions. Cats catch and paralyze prey in a manner similar to the lion and tiger - biting neck of prey with sharp canine teeth that injure the spinal cord or cause the prey out of breath by destroying the throat. Cats prey on a rat's home village (Rattus rattus diardii).
Cats are considered as "carnivorous perfect" with the teeth and digestive tract in particular. Premolar and first molar teeth form a pair of fangs on each side of the mouth that works effectively as a pair of scissors to tear the meat. Although this feature is also present in the family Canidae, or dogs, but these traits are better developed in cats. Unlike other carnivores, cats do not eat almost anything that contains plants. Bears and dogs sometimes eat fruit, roots, or honey as a supplement if there while cats only eat meat, usually fresh prey. In captivity, cats can not be adapted to a vegetarian diet because they can not synthesize all the amino acids they need simply by eating plants; different from pet dogs, which are often fed a mixture of meat and vegetable products and sometimes can be adapted to a vegetarian diet total.
Despite having a reputation as a reclusive animals, cats usually can establish wild colonies but did not attack in groups like lions. Each cat has its own territory (sexually active males having the largest area, being male sterile has the smallest area) and there is always the "neutral" where the cats can watch each other or meet without the territorial conflict or aggression. Outside these neutral areas, local authorities will pursue common foreign cats, beginning with the staring, hissing, to growl, and when foreign cat remains, usually there will be a short fight. Cats who are fighting to uphold the body hair and arched her back so they look bigger. The attack typically consists of a slap in the face and body with front legs are sometimes accompanied by bite. Serious injuries in cats due to fighting is rare because the losing party will usually run away after suffering several wounds on his face. Active males are often involved a lot of fights throughout his life. This is evident in various cuts on the face, such as nose or ears. Female cats are also sometimes getting into fights to protect her children even sterile cat will defend vigorously the small area.
Judging from the behavior of the current cat, wild cat, which is estimated pet cat ancestors evolved in a desert climate. Cats happy with the warm atmosphere and often slept under the warm sun. Feces are usually dry and cats prefer to bury them in sandy places. Cats can be frozen, not moving for a long time, especially when stalking prey or get ready to "pounce". In North Africa still found a stray cat that may be closely related to the ancestors of today's pet cat.
Because it has a close kinship with desert animals, cats resistance to heat and cold climate of the subtropical regions is rather limited. Cats are not resistant to fog, rain, and snow, although there are several types such as the Norwegian Forest Cat and Maine Coon are able to survive, and try to maintain a normal body temperature, at 39 ° C, in wet conditions. Most cats do not like to soak in water, except the type of Turkish Van. Four pups were nursing mother cat.
Pregnancy or gestation period in cats range from 63 days. Kittens are born blind and deaf. Their eyes just opened at the age of 8-10 days. The kitten will be weaned by its mother at the age of 6-7 weeks and sexual maturity reached at age 10-15 months. Cats can contain four fetuses at once because her uterus has a special shape with 4 different sections.
Cats typically weigh between 2.5 to 7 pounds and rarely exceed 10 kg. When fed too much, cats can reach 23 kg body weight. But this condition is very unhealthy for the cat and should be avoided. In captivity, cats can live for 15 to 20 years old, the oldest known cat aged 36 years. Pet cats are not allowed to go out and sterilized to live longer (reducing the risk of fights and accidents). Wild cats that live in the modern urban environment only live for 2 years or even less than that.
Pet cat that lived in the house should be given a box of sand or dirt that contains special ingredients that are sold in pet stores. It should also be provided a special place for cats to scratch. This is important because cats need scratching activity is to shed the old layers of nails for nails to stay sharp and maintained his health. The absence of this special place will cause the cat a lot of damage to furniture.
Often times cats showed behavioral food choices. This is because they have a special smell organ in the roof of his mouth called the vomeronasal organ or Jacobson's organ. When an organ is stimulated by a specific type of food, cats will refuse food besides the food. Cat's eye. Note the nictitans membrane form of a white membrane at the corner of the eye chamber.
Cats can see in very bright light. They have a membrane of rainbow or iris of the eye to form a gap that will be narrowed. Nevertheless, these refinements also reduced the field of view of a cat. An organ called the tapetum lucidum is used in environments with little light. The organ is what causes the colors cat eyes when photographed by using a flash. Like most predators, cats eyes facing forward, resulting in the perception of distance and reduce the magnitude of the field of view. Cat's eye has a perception of weak trikomatik.
When there is too little light to see, the cat will use the "whiskers" or misainya (vibrissae) to help determine the direction and become an additional sense organ. Whiskers to detect very small changes in wind, making the cat can know the existence of the objects around it without looking.
Cats have a third eyelid called niktitans membrane. The third eyelid is composed of a thin layer that can cover the eye and visible when the cat's eyes open. This membrane partially closes when the cat is sick. Sometimes a cat is very sleepy or excited also shows this membrane.
Cat sound is often written "meow" in Indonesian. In English that is used in America, a cat is written "meow". In the UK alone, writing is a "miaow", "miaow" in French, "miau" in German, "it" in Japanese language and various other writing in various languages. Voice "meow" cat has a different meaning depending on the pronunciation by the cat. Cats also can make a sound like snoring is often preferred length human. Because this voice is not a vowel sound, the cat can make a sound of snoring and purring at the same time.
Generally all cat ears erect. Unlike in dogs, cats with folded ears is very rarely found. Scottish Fold type is one type of cat with a rare genetic mutation. When angry or frightened, a cat's ear leaves of this type would be bent backwards while the cat is growling or hissing noises. When listening to a sound, cat ears will move toward the sound source; cat ears can lead forward, sideways, even though looking back.
Cats, including a clean animal. They often take care of themselves by licking their hair. Saliva or saliva they are strong cleaning agents, but can trigger allergies in humans. Sometimes a cat vomit hairball or curler collected in their stomachs.
Cats conserve energy by sleeping more often than other animals. Old cats sleep varies between 12-16 hours per day, with an average 13-14 hours. But it is not rare cat who slept for 20 hours in one day. The types of pet cat [Edit] Race
The number of cat species around the world race very much. Each race has a special characteristic, but because of frequent crossover between races, many cats are simply grouped in this type of long hair and short hair, depending on the type of hair covering her body.
There are many different races of cats, some of them:
* Manx
Some people call it Rumpy. Its tail is short, brown fur color and lavender. Its loyal, friendly and smart.
* Maine Coon
Originally from Maine, USA, and American Shorthair Angora ancestry. Its funny, shy but willing, and easy to close. Its fur is thin, soft, and colors vary.
* British Shorthair
Developed in the UK. This cat is calm, gentle, warm, and smart. Fur there is a plain color (white, black, blue, red and beige), dichromatic, black, striped.
* Burmese (Burma)
These cats were bred by Dr. Thompson (USA) from the queen cat wong want (Burma) and siam. Brown weasels, other colors are blue, champagne, Lifa, red, brown, and blue turtles. jovial and funny character.
* Chinchilla longhair
This is the most elegant Persian cat. Ancestors from England. This race is divided into two kinds, namely chinchilla bright colors (true) and a rather dark (silver gradation). [Edit] Various colors
Cats have many kinds of colors and patterns. Their physical characteristics are not dependent on race. Domestic cats are grouped into the following types based on physical appearance:
* Short hair
* Long hair
* Oriental (not a specific race, all cats are slender, almond-shaped eyes, large ears, and fine body hair that short)
Genes that regulate the color and pattern in cat fur from cats to determine the physical appearance that distinguishes them into:
Telon or Calico
white with little black spots or orange (or blue or beige). Japanese people often refer to this pattern as mi-to. Because coat color genes linked to sex, colorful Calico cats are usually female. Tortoiseshell
black with orange and white colors spread throughout his body. Cats that have black, bright orange, and dark orange called Calimanco or Clouded Tiger. Tabby
striped with various patterns. Classic pattern in this cat-shaped dots or circles. Tabby mackerel species have three lines that appear next to his body, making the cat is like a mackerel fish. Maltese
old name from the blue cat (gray). Bicolor (two colors)
Tuxedo also known as paint or Jellicle cat has black fur with a little white on the legs, abdomen, chest, and possibly also in the face.
Domestication
Just as animals that have undergone domestication (taming), cats live in a mutualistic relationship with humans. But the history of mutualism is much shorter compared with that of other domesticated animals and the degree of domestication of cats is also still debated. Because the benefits derived from the cat, then the man let the wild cat roaming the settlement. Ancestors of domestic cats are not too close to their owners, unlike other domestic animals. History is what may cause the absence of a strong bond that held the cat to its owner. As a result, most cat owners think cats are animals that do not really care and independent. However, cats can be very close to their owners, especially if he grew up since childhood and often get attention. Cultural aspects
In the past believed that the ancestors of cats are Miacis, wild animals during the Eocene a weasel-like figure, approximately 50 million years ago.
The earliest records of attempts at domestication cat is about 4000 BC in Egypt, when the cats are used to keep the grocery store of rat attacks. However, recently in a meal at Shillourokambos, Cyprus, years 7500 BC, found a cat skeleton buried with humans. Because mice are not native to Cyprus, this suggests that at least at that time, there have been attempts at domestication cat. Cat skeleton found in Cyprus is similar to the species of wild cats who were the ancestors of domestic cats today. [1] [2]. A bronze mask used in the cemetery of cats in ancient Egyptian mummies.
In the 1800's discovered a grave, or rather "site" contained 300,000 mummified cats in the state is still intact, which indicates the first cat was a special animal. Ancient Egyptians regarded cats as an incarnation of Goddess BAST, also known as Bastet or Thet. Penalties for killing a cat is dead, and if there is a dead cat sometimes mummified just as humans.
In medieval times, cats are often considered to be associated with witches and are often killed by fire or thrown from a high place. Some historians argue that superstitions like these that caused the Black Death plague spread rapidly. Black Death is estimated to be a plague in Europe in the 14th century. The rapid spread of this outbreak led to many people at that time believed that Satan who causes the disease. Pope's statement said that cats that roam about freely has been allied with the devil. Because of this statement, many cats were killed in Europe at that time. The decrease in the cat population led to the increasing number of rats, animal carriers of bubonic plague is real.
Today, people still believe that black cats are unlucky while others believe that black cats bring good luck instead. Cats also are associated with witchcraft. Black cats are often associated with Halloween. Neopaganisme adherents of Wicca and others believe that the cat is actually good, able to relate to other worlds, and can feel the existence of evil spirits.
In Asia, cats fall into one of the Vietnamese zodiac. But cats do not belong to the Chinese zodiac. According to legend, when the King of Heaven throw a party for the animals to be selected into the zodiac, he sent the rat to invite the animals that have been chosen. Part of this story is told in various versions, rat forgot to invite the cat, rat cat cheating on feast days, and many other variations. In the end the cat was not present at the party, not elected into the zodiac animals, so has the resentment altercation in rats.
In Islamic law, Muslims are commanded not to hurt or even killed the cat, according to a hadeeth narrated by Imam Muslim from the story of Abdullah ibn Umar [3] and Abu Hurairah. [4]
Legal to sell and buy cats in Islamic law is based on the proposition unlawful hadith of the Prophet Muhammad and the rules of fiqh (al-qawa'id al-kulliyah). Theorem hadith Muhammad, narrated from Jabir ibn Abdillah companions that the Prophet has forbidden eating cats and also forbids eating cat prices. [5] Hadith Muhammad is the argument of haraam to eat cats and cats buy and sell. So Muslims are forbidden to trade the cat as they are forbidden to eat cat meat. [6]
Cats have been mingled with human life at least since 6000 years BC, from a cat skeleton on the island of Cyprus. Ancient Egyptians from 3500 BC have been using cats to keep rats or other rodents from the barn that manyimpan crops.
Today, cats are one of the most popular pet in the world. Cat lineage officially listed as a cat breeds or strains of pure (pure breed), such as Persian, Siamese, Manx, sphinx. Cats like this are usually bred in captivity official animal. The number of cat race is only 1% of all cats in the world, the rest is a cat with half-breed such as a wild cat or kitten home Characteristic
Pet cat or house cat is one of the world's greatest predators. This cat can kill or eat a few thousand big-cat species is usually less than 100. But because of its small size, cats are not so dangerous to humans-the only danger that can arise is the possibility of rabies infection from cat bites and scratches from the cat's nails is very sore and painful. Cats can be fatal to an ecosystem that is not a place to live nature. In some cases, cats contributed to or caused extinctions. Cats catch and paralyze prey in a manner similar to the lion and tiger - biting neck of prey with sharp canine teeth that injure the spinal cord or cause the prey out of breath by destroying the throat. Cats prey on a rat's home village (Rattus rattus diardii).
Cats are considered as "carnivorous perfect" with the teeth and digestive tract in particular. Premolar and first molar teeth form a pair of fangs on each side of the mouth that works effectively as a pair of scissors to tear the meat. Although this feature is also present in the family Canidae, or dogs, but these traits are better developed in cats. Unlike other carnivores, cats do not eat almost anything that contains plants. Bears and dogs sometimes eat fruit, roots, or honey as a supplement if there while cats only eat meat, usually fresh prey. In captivity, cats can not be adapted to a vegetarian diet because they can not synthesize all the amino acids they need simply by eating plants; different from pet dogs, which are often fed a mixture of meat and vegetable products and sometimes can be adapted to a vegetarian diet total.
Despite having a reputation as a reclusive animals, cats usually can establish wild colonies but did not attack in groups like lions. Each cat has its own territory (sexually active males having the largest area, being male sterile has the smallest area) and there is always the "neutral" where the cats can watch each other or meet without the territorial conflict or aggression. Outside these neutral areas, local authorities will pursue common foreign cats, beginning with the staring, hissing, to growl, and when foreign cat remains, usually there will be a short fight. Cats who are fighting to uphold the body hair and arched her back so they look bigger. The attack typically consists of a slap in the face and body with front legs are sometimes accompanied by bite. Serious injuries in cats due to fighting is rare because the losing party will usually run away after suffering several wounds on his face. Active males are often involved a lot of fights throughout his life. This is evident in various cuts on the face, such as nose or ears. Female cats are also sometimes getting into fights to protect her children even sterile cat will defend vigorously the small area.
Judging from the behavior of the current cat, wild cat, which is estimated pet cat ancestors evolved in a desert climate. Cats happy with the warm atmosphere and often slept under the warm sun. Feces are usually dry and cats prefer to bury them in sandy places. Cats can be frozen, not moving for a long time, especially when stalking prey or get ready to "pounce". In North Africa still found a stray cat that may be closely related to the ancestors of today's pet cat.
Because it has a close kinship with desert animals, cats resistance to heat and cold climate of the subtropical regions is rather limited. Cats are not resistant to fog, rain, and snow, although there are several types such as the Norwegian Forest Cat and Maine Coon are able to survive, and try to maintain a normal body temperature, at 39 ° C, in wet conditions. Most cats do not like to soak in water, except the type of Turkish Van. Four pups were nursing mother cat.
Pregnancy or gestation period in cats range from 63 days. Kittens are born blind and deaf. Their eyes just opened at the age of 8-10 days. The kitten will be weaned by its mother at the age of 6-7 weeks and sexual maturity reached at age 10-15 months. Cats can contain four fetuses at once because her uterus has a special shape with 4 different sections.
Cats typically weigh between 2.5 to 7 pounds and rarely exceed 10 kg. When fed too much, cats can reach 23 kg body weight. But this condition is very unhealthy for the cat and should be avoided. In captivity, cats can live for 15 to 20 years old, the oldest known cat aged 36 years. Pet cats are not allowed to go out and sterilized to live longer (reducing the risk of fights and accidents). Wild cats that live in the modern urban environment only live for 2 years or even less than that.
Pet cat that lived in the house should be given a box of sand or dirt that contains special ingredients that are sold in pet stores. It should also be provided a special place for cats to scratch. This is important because cats need scratching activity is to shed the old layers of nails for nails to stay sharp and maintained his health. The absence of this special place will cause the cat a lot of damage to furniture.
Often times cats showed behavioral food choices. This is because they have a special smell organ in the roof of his mouth called the vomeronasal organ or Jacobson's organ. When an organ is stimulated by a specific type of food, cats will refuse food besides the food. Cat's eye. Note the nictitans membrane form of a white membrane at the corner of the eye chamber.
Cats can see in very bright light. They have a membrane of rainbow or iris of the eye to form a gap that will be narrowed. Nevertheless, these refinements also reduced the field of view of a cat. An organ called the tapetum lucidum is used in environments with little light. The organ is what causes the colors cat eyes when photographed by using a flash. Like most predators, cats eyes facing forward, resulting in the perception of distance and reduce the magnitude of the field of view. Cat's eye has a perception of weak trikomatik.
When there is too little light to see, the cat will use the "whiskers" or misainya (vibrissae) to help determine the direction and become an additional sense organ. Whiskers to detect very small changes in wind, making the cat can know the existence of the objects around it without looking.
Cats have a third eyelid called niktitans membrane. The third eyelid is composed of a thin layer that can cover the eye and visible when the cat's eyes open. This membrane partially closes when the cat is sick. Sometimes a cat is very sleepy or excited also shows this membrane.
Cat sound is often written "meow" in Indonesian. In English that is used in America, a cat is written "meow". In the UK alone, writing is a "miaow", "miaow" in French, "miau" in German, "it" in Japanese language and various other writing in various languages. Voice "meow" cat has a different meaning depending on the pronunciation by the cat. Cats also can make a sound like snoring is often preferred length human. Because this voice is not a vowel sound, the cat can make a sound of snoring and purring at the same time.
Generally all cat ears erect. Unlike in dogs, cats with folded ears is very rarely found. Scottish Fold type is one type of cat with a rare genetic mutation. When angry or frightened, a cat's ear leaves of this type would be bent backwards while the cat is growling or hissing noises. When listening to a sound, cat ears will move toward the sound source; cat ears can lead forward, sideways, even though looking back.
Cats, including a clean animal. They often take care of themselves by licking their hair. Saliva or saliva they are strong cleaning agents, but can trigger allergies in humans. Sometimes a cat vomit hairball or curler collected in their stomachs.
Cats conserve energy by sleeping more often than other animals. Old cats sleep varies between 12-16 hours per day, with an average 13-14 hours. But it is not rare cat who slept for 20 hours in one day. The types of pet cat [Edit] Race
The number of cat species around the world race very much. Each race has a special characteristic, but because of frequent crossover between races, many cats are simply grouped in this type of long hair and short hair, depending on the type of hair covering her body.
There are many different races of cats, some of them:
* Manx
Some people call it Rumpy. Its tail is short, brown fur color and lavender. Its loyal, friendly and smart.
* Maine Coon
Originally from Maine, USA, and American Shorthair Angora ancestry. Its funny, shy but willing, and easy to close. Its fur is thin, soft, and colors vary.
* British Shorthair
Developed in the UK. This cat is calm, gentle, warm, and smart. Fur there is a plain color (white, black, blue, red and beige), dichromatic, black, striped.
* Burmese (Burma)
These cats were bred by Dr. Thompson (USA) from the queen cat wong want (Burma) and siam. Brown weasels, other colors are blue, champagne, Lifa, red, brown, and blue turtles. jovial and funny character.
* Chinchilla longhair
This is the most elegant Persian cat. Ancestors from England. This race is divided into two kinds, namely chinchilla bright colors (true) and a rather dark (silver gradation). [Edit] Various colors
Cats have many kinds of colors and patterns. Their physical characteristics are not dependent on race. Domestic cats are grouped into the following types based on physical appearance:
* Short hair
* Long hair
* Oriental (not a specific race, all cats are slender, almond-shaped eyes, large ears, and fine body hair that short)
Genes that regulate the color and pattern in cat fur from cats to determine the physical appearance that distinguishes them into:
Telon or Calico
white with little black spots or orange (or blue or beige). Japanese people often refer to this pattern as mi-to. Because coat color genes linked to sex, colorful Calico cats are usually female. Tortoiseshell
black with orange and white colors spread throughout his body. Cats that have black, bright orange, and dark orange called Calimanco or Clouded Tiger. Tabby
striped with various patterns. Classic pattern in this cat-shaped dots or circles. Tabby mackerel species have three lines that appear next to his body, making the cat is like a mackerel fish. Maltese
old name from the blue cat (gray). Bicolor (two colors)
Tuxedo also known as paint or Jellicle cat has black fur with a little white on the legs, abdomen, chest, and possibly also in the face.
Domestication
Just as animals that have undergone domestication (taming), cats live in a mutualistic relationship with humans. But the history of mutualism is much shorter compared with that of other domesticated animals and the degree of domestication of cats is also still debated. Because the benefits derived from the cat, then the man let the wild cat roaming the settlement. Ancestors of domestic cats are not too close to their owners, unlike other domestic animals. History is what may cause the absence of a strong bond that held the cat to its owner. As a result, most cat owners think cats are animals that do not really care and independent. However, cats can be very close to their owners, especially if he grew up since childhood and often get attention. Cultural aspects
In the past believed that the ancestors of cats are Miacis, wild animals during the Eocene a weasel-like figure, approximately 50 million years ago.
The earliest records of attempts at domestication cat is about 4000 BC in Egypt, when the cats are used to keep the grocery store of rat attacks. However, recently in a meal at Shillourokambos, Cyprus, years 7500 BC, found a cat skeleton buried with humans. Because mice are not native to Cyprus, this suggests that at least at that time, there have been attempts at domestication cat. Cat skeleton found in Cyprus is similar to the species of wild cats who were the ancestors of domestic cats today. [1] [2]. A bronze mask used in the cemetery of cats in ancient Egyptian mummies.
In the 1800's discovered a grave, or rather "site" contained 300,000 mummified cats in the state is still intact, which indicates the first cat was a special animal. Ancient Egyptians regarded cats as an incarnation of Goddess BAST, also known as Bastet or Thet. Penalties for killing a cat is dead, and if there is a dead cat sometimes mummified just as humans.
In medieval times, cats are often considered to be associated with witches and are often killed by fire or thrown from a high place. Some historians argue that superstitions like these that caused the Black Death plague spread rapidly. Black Death is estimated to be a plague in Europe in the 14th century. The rapid spread of this outbreak led to many people at that time believed that Satan who causes the disease. Pope's statement said that cats that roam about freely has been allied with the devil. Because of this statement, many cats were killed in Europe at that time. The decrease in the cat population led to the increasing number of rats, animal carriers of bubonic plague is real.
Today, people still believe that black cats are unlucky while others believe that black cats bring good luck instead. Cats also are associated with witchcraft. Black cats are often associated with Halloween. Neopaganisme adherents of Wicca and others believe that the cat is actually good, able to relate to other worlds, and can feel the existence of evil spirits.
In Asia, cats fall into one of the Vietnamese zodiac. But cats do not belong to the Chinese zodiac. According to legend, when the King of Heaven throw a party for the animals to be selected into the zodiac, he sent the rat to invite the animals that have been chosen. Part of this story is told in various versions, rat forgot to invite the cat, rat cat cheating on feast days, and many other variations. In the end the cat was not present at the party, not elected into the zodiac animals, so has the resentment altercation in rats.
In Islamic law, Muslims are commanded not to hurt or even killed the cat, according to a hadeeth narrated by Imam Muslim from the story of Abdullah ibn Umar [3] and Abu Hurairah. [4]
Legal to sell and buy cats in Islamic law is based on the proposition unlawful hadith of the Prophet Muhammad and the rules of fiqh (al-qawa'id al-kulliyah). Theorem hadith Muhammad, narrated from Jabir ibn Abdillah companions that the Prophet has forbidden eating cats and also forbids eating cat prices. [5] Hadith Muhammad is the argument of haraam to eat cats and cats buy and sell. So Muslims are forbidden to trade the cat as they are forbidden to eat cat meat. [6]
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