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So, how long do cats live anyway? The first year of your cat’s life is considered the equivalent of 15 human years. Enter your cat's age (from 1 to 25) in the calculator above to see the equivalent age in human years. Before releasing them back into their feral colonies, the attending veterinarian often nips the tip off one ear to mark the feral as spayed/neutered and inoculated, since these cats will more than likely find themselves trapped again. Most abandoned cats probably have little alternative to joining a feral colony. Feral cats have had extremely serious impacts on these wildlife species and have played a leading role in the endangerment and extinction of many of them.

Domestic cats have been diversified by humans into breeds and domestic and wild hybrids. Cat food can be formulated for adult maintenance (intended for healthy adult cats), growth and reproduction (for kittens and pregnant or lactating females), and all life stages. Pet, stray, and feral cats (stray and feral cats are community cats) are all this same species, which we call the domestic cat.1 Cats, also called domestic cats (Felis catus), are small, carnivorous (meat eating) mammals, of the family Felidae. Volunteers continue to feed and give care to these cats throughout their lives, and not only is their lifespan greatly increased, but behavior and nuisance problems, due to competition for food, are also greatly reduced. The average lifespan of such feral cats is much shorter than a domestic housecat, which can live sixteen years or more.

Outdoor cats are prone to infections from other animals, can get into fights, may be attacked by predators, or may get run over by vehicles. Domestic cats lack a pedigree lineage, while purebreds have one. The Cat Group highlights serious welfare concerns relating to the keeping of hybrid cats as pets, and of hybrid cat breeding practices.

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Like all members of family Felidae except the cheetah, cats have retractable claws. Domestic cats are considered to be descended from the wild cat Felis silvestris, which is found naturally over much of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and which is one of the smaller members of the cat family. Due to the way that fur color is passed down through genetics, almost all calico-colored cats are female.

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The guard hairs are long and stiff and cover the top layer of the cat’s coat, keeping it dry. It acts as a counterweight, but it is the cat’s sense of equilibrium and its flexible spine that allow it to self-right when falling. The cat’s tail is mobile and used for both balance and communication. Not only is the cat’s hearing acute, but its outer ears are equipped with more than a dozen muscles that allow the ears to swivel 180 degrees. Except for the canines and molars, the cat’s teeth are more or less nonfunctional; most of the cheek teeth do not even meet when the mouth is closed. The construction of the shoulder joints permits the cat to turn its foreleg in almost any direction, allowing for quick turns when chasing prey.

• We know you’ll be thrilled to have your new cat in your home.
• Compared to other felines, domestic cats have narrowly spaced canine teeth relative to the size of their jaw, which is an adaptation to their preferred prey of small rodents, which have small vertebrae.
• They were cherished pets, seen as divine protectors—in this life and the afterlife—and talismans of good fortune whose bodies may even be inhabited by gods.
• A cat falling from up to 3 m (9.8 ft) can right itself and land on its paws.
• Neutering increases life expectancy; one a 2024 study found neutered cats to live one year longer than entire cats.

They are at least as intelligent as dogs, but they are not pack animals. At that stage they have blue eyes, but not the best sight. In the wild, leaving a scent is risking a dangerous encounter with other animals.

• Community cats live full, healthy lives in their outdoor homes.
• As agricultural practices spread, so did tame and domesticated cats.
• Physicists have created the largest ever ‘superposition’ — a quantum state in which an object exists in a haze of possible locations at once.
• Before releasing them back into their feral colonies, the attending veterinarian often nips the tip off one ear to mark the feral as spayed/neutered and inoculated, since these cats will more than likely find themselves trapped again.
• While some of those cats’ offspring can, if brought into human contact when they are young enough, successfully be socialized and integrated into human homes, many cats remain outside and live the same outdoor lives they always have with or without human contact.

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Learn more about what your cat is saying to you. According to the American Animal Hospital Association, your feline friend is considered to be a senior after they reach 10 years of age. By a feline’s second year, he or she is the equivalent of age 24. The Invasive Species Specialist Group has put the cat on its list of the "World's 100 Worst Invasive Species" (ISSG 2007). In some places, especially islands that have no natural carnivores, they have been very destructive to native species of birds and other small animals. In 1871, the first cat exhibition was held in the Crystal Palace in London (Siegal 2004).

Like other domesticated animals, cats live in a mutualistic arrangement with humans. Because domestic cats are crepuscular hunters, they need only one-sixth of the illumination levels humans require to see well. Compared to other felines, domestic cats have narrowly spaced canine teeth relative to the size of their jaw, which is an adaptation to their preferred prey of small rodents, which have small vertebrae.

The domestic cat has slit pupils, which allow it to focus bright light without chromatic aberration. The domestic cat genes MC1R and ASIP allow color variety in the coat. The domestic cat has a smaller skull and shorter bones than the European wildcat. Their rigorous grooming habits and instinct to bury their bodily waste make them generally much less messy than other domesticated animals. During domestication, cats have undergone only minor changes in anatomy and behavior, and they are still capable of surviving in the wild. This line of a partially domesticated cat left no trace in the domestic cat populations of today.

Inconsistency in a breed's classification and naming among registries means that an individual cat animal may be considered different breeds by different registries (though not necessarily eligible for registry in them all, depending on its exact ancestry). Many such breeds are recognized by various cat registries. Large sized felines and pantherines only emerged during the Pliocene epoch, including the modern big cat genus Panthera. This is about 20 million years later than the bears and the false saber-tooth cats, and about 10 million years later than the canines. The earliest cats probably appeared about 35 to 28.5 million years ago.