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Feral Cat

The cat is a small carnivorous mammal that is the only domesticated species in the Felidae family. Cats can be house pets or feral animals avoiding human contact. House cats are valued for companionship and their ability to hunt rodents, with about 60 cat breeds recognized. Cats have strong, flexible bodies and sharp teeth adapted for killing small prey, and are most active at dawn and dusk.

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Feral Cat

The cat is a small carnivorous mammal that is the only domesticated species in the Felidae family. Cats can be house pets or feral animals avoiding human contact. House cats are valued for companionship and their ability to hunt rodents, with about 60 cat breeds recognized. Cats have strong, flexible bodies and sharp teeth adapted for killing small prey, and are most active at dawn and dusk.

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The cat (Felis catus) is a small carnivorous mammal.

[1][2] It is the only domesticated species in the


family Felidae and often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from wild members of
the family.[4] The cat is either a house cat, kept as a pet, or a feral cat, freely ranging and avoiding
human contact.[5] A house cat is valued by humans for companionship and for its ability to
hunt rodents. About 60 cat breeds are recognized by various cat registries.[6]
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felid species, with a strong flexible body, quick reflexes,
sharp teeth and retractable claws adapted to killing small prey. They are predators who are most
active at dawn and dusk (crepuscular). Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for
human ears, such as those made by mice and other small animals. Compared to humans, they see
better in the dark (they see in near total darkness) and have a better sense of smell, but poorer color
vision. Cats, despite being solitary hunters, are a social species. Cat communication includes the
use of vocalizations including mewing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling and grunting as well as cat-
specific body language.[7] Cats also communicate by secreting and perceiving pheromones

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