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This also probably explains why the cat's behavior pattern hasn't changed much; when a dog was domesticated from a wolf, a person changed its lifestyle and habitat, while a cat underwent minimal changes[45]. The cat has managed to retain the behavior pattern inherent in its wild ancestors. She is almost as good a hunter as a wild cat, but at the same time she is able to peacefully coexist with a person, show him emotional affection, tenderness, or even show playful behavior.

Despite the controversy, most scientists agreed that the cat is a semi-domesticated animal, that is, it is capable of coexisting with a person, but, having lost contact with him, they easily return to a wild way of existence[44]. Although the cat shows genetic changes compared to the wild ancestor, this difference is 10 times less than in dogs with wolves [44]. Scientists believe that a wild cat could indeed come to a person to feed on rodents, and such relationships were characterized as neighborly, and after a few thousand years, people themselves began to domesticate small predators

Many cats show their affection by making physical contact with a person, such as climbing onto a person's lap; there are cases when the devotion of a cat to the owner was stronger than that of many dogs, and this against the background of the fact that cats came from "the most dangerous and unfriendly predators in the world." The negative image of the cat as a wild and suspicious animal was and continues to be influenced by the fact that in medieval Europe the Catholic Church accused cats of being associated with the devil and witchcraft

Some scientists believe that a cat is not a domesticated animal at all, but could itself come to a person, since synanthropic animals or, more simply, numerous rodents and birds, were always abundant in the villages. Thus, the cat found a convenient source of food for itself, gaining a foothold in the "new niche". The coexistence of man and cat was mutually beneficial, as man got rid of rodents, which often became a source of disease and damage to the economy[44][45]. Also, a weighty argument of opponents of the idea of ​​domestication is the fact that, in their opinion, a cat shows curiosity towards a person only as long as it is beneficial for her, that is, a small predator is not capable of fidelity[44]. Other scientists promote a different point of view. In their opinion, the fact that cats have been domesticated is confirmed by the fact that they are capable of affection and playful behavior, and it was to establish emotional contact with a person that they learned to purr.

Nowadays, there is no exact answer among scientists whether a cat is a fully domesticated animal, since, for example, a dog in the process of domestication changed its behavior model, being able to develop a fairly strong attachment and devotion to a person, and at the same time lost many abilities for a hunting lifestyle and signal communication inherent in its ancestors - wolves[44]. The cat, on the other hand, almost does not differ in behavior from its wild ancestor, demonstrating high independence and the habits of a “lonely predator

In 1758, Carl Linnaeus, in his System of Nature, gave the domestic cat the binomial name Felis catus. Johann Christian von Schreber named the wild cat Felis silvestris in 1775[23][24].
Based on data obtained by modern phylogenetics, the domestic cat is one of the five[25] subspecies of the wild cat Felis silvestris, and its correct international scientific name is Felis silvestris catus[5][26]. The decision to assign the name F. silvestris to the wild cat, and F. silvestris catus to its domesticated subspecies, was taken in 2003 by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature[27], while it was agreed that if in any classification the domestic a cat will be described as a separate species, in which case the combination proposed by Linnaeus, F. catus, should be used for the name of the corresponding taxon

Some researchers suggest that the words of various Indo-European languages ​​denoting a cat are based on the Proto-Indo-European root "*kat-", from which the verbs of the Indo-European languages ​​\u200b\u200bmeaning "cat" originated, from which the names of cubs of small animals in Indo-European languages ​​\u200b\u200blater came[17] [eighteen]. Other researchers consider such a connection as a secondary approach[13][19].
Onomatopoeic, close to the Russian "meow", are the names of the cat in ancient Egyptian (mj.w[20]) and Chinese

In Russian, the word cat means either a representative of the biological species Felis catus in general, regardless of gender, or a female of this species. The male is called a cat, and the baby cat is called a kitten (plural kittens). The word "cat" in Russian is a diminutive from other Russian. the word "kotka"[12], which in turn comes from the noun "cat" and is related to Lat. cattus - cat[13] (so in late Latin, starting from the 5th century, in contrast to classical Latin felis) and similar names in many languages ​​​​of Europe and the Middle East (English cat, Armenian կատու, katu, Gall. cath, Irish Catt, Spanish gato, Italian gatto, Rut gyat[14], Lezg Katz, Lit katė, German Katze, Nub kadis, Prussian catto[15], French chat). The original source is unknown, but it is generally accepted that the word came into many languages ​​from Latin

Currently, there are about 600 million domestic cats in the world [9], about 200 breeds have been bred, from long-haired (Persian cat) to hairless (Sphinxes), recognized and registered by various felinological organizations.
For 10,000 years, cats have been valued by humans, including for their ability to hunt rodents and other domestic pests.

A cat (lat. Felis catus) is a pet, one of the most popular[1] (along with a dog) "companion animals"[2][3][4].
From the point of view of scientific taxonomy, a domestic cat is a mammal of the cat family of the carnivora order. Often, a domestic cat is considered as a subspecies of the forest cat (Felis silvestris) - Felis s. catus[5], however, from the point of view of modern biological taxonomy (2017), the domestic cat is a separate biological species[6].
As a solitary hunter of rodents and other small animals, the cat is a social animal[7] using a wide range of vocal cues as well as pheromones and body movements[8] to communicate.