House cat

House cat, domestic cat or the cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus is a carnivorous mammal of the order, the family Felidae, felinae subfamily. It is next to humans for over 9500 years and is now the most popular domestic animal in the world. The cat home is very close to the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), as well as African wild cat (Felis silvestris libyca), together forming unique species o0: Felis silvestris.

The cat lives in close contact with humans for at least 3,500 years and is used by the Egyptians to take away the mice. Despite domestication, the cat has not lost the ability to live in the wild, where they form colonies. According to a study in May 2012, cats were domesticated in 2200 BC According to the study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the Egyptians were those who turned cats pets.

Recently, it seems that the cat was domesticated much earlier the next man at the end of the Neolithic era