Cat at Apartment Building

This cat sits right outside the apartment building. This is part of the funny cat videos. Enjoy the cat meme. The animal called cat is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family. There are many different cat breeds out there.

A black cat is a domestic cat with black fur that may be a mixed or specific breed, or a common domestic cat of really no particular breed. The Cat Fanciers' Association recognizes 22 cat breeds that can come with solid black coats. The Bombay breed is exclusively black.

How would you tell the difference between a Domesticated, Feral and Stray cat? If you are able to get close near to the cat, you can check if  the cat's footpads are calloused or soft. Indoor cats or cats that are not outside often will have soft paw pads. Outdoor cats would most likely be friendly and approachable. Outdoor cats could come towards people to be petted.

What is a Norwegian Forest Cat? This is a breed of domestic cat originating in Northern Europe. This natural breed is adapted to a very cold climate, with a top coat of glossy, long, water-shedding hair and a woolly undercoat for helpful insulation.

What is a Maine Coon Cat? The Maine Coon is certainly the largest domesticated cat breed. It has a distinctive physical appearance and valuable hunting skills. It is one of the oldest natural breeds in North America, specifically native to the USA state of Maine, where it is the official state cat.

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What is a Siamese Cat? The Siamese cat is one of the first distinctly recognized breeds of Asian cat. Derived from the Wichianmat landrace, one of several varieties of cat native to Thailand, the original Siamese became one of the most popular cool breeds in Europe and North America in the 19th century.

What is a tabby cat? A tabby is any domestic cat with a distinctive 'M' shaped marking on its forehead, stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks, along its back, and around its legs and tail, and, characteristic striped, dotted, lined, flecked, banded or swirled patterns on the body - neck, shoulders, sides, flanks, chest and abdomen.

What is a Ragdoll Cat? The Ragdoll is certainly a cat breed with a color point coat and blue eyes. They are large and muscular semi-longhair cats with a soft and silky coat. Developed by American breeder Ann Baker in the 1960s, they are really best known for their docile and placid temperament and affectionate nature.

What is a Calico cat? This breed is a domestic cat of any breed with a tri-color coat. The calico cat is most commonly thought of as being typically 25% to 75% white with large orange and black patches. However, it seems that the calico cat can have any three colors in its pattern.

What is a munchkin cat? The Munchkin cat or Sausage cat is a newer breed of cat characterized by its very short legs, which are caused by a genetic mutation. The Munchkin is considered to be the original breed of dwarf cat. A gene mutation is a permanent alteration in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene, such that the sequence differs from what is found in most people or animals. Mutations range in size. Mutations can affect anywhere from a single DNA building block (base pair) to a large segment of a chromosome that includes multiple genes.

What is a Persian cat? This breed is a long-haired breed of cat characterized by its round face and short muzzle. It is also known as the "Persian Longhair" in the English-speaking countries. Interesting: the first documented ancestors of the Persian were imported into Italy from Iran around 1620. 

What is a Sphynx cat? The Sphynx cat is a breed of cat known for its lack of coat. Hairlessness in cats is a naturally occurring genetic mutation. However, the Sphynx cat, as a breed, was developed through selective breeding, starting in the 1960s. Selective breeding, also known as artificial selection, is a process used by humans to develop new organisms with various desirable characteristics. Breeders select two parents that have beneficial phenotypic traits to reproduce, yielding offspring with those desired traits. A hairless cat is fascinating.

What is a Russian blue cat? The Russian Blue is certainly a cat breed that comes in colors varying from a light shimmering silver to a darker, slate grey. Their short, dense coat has been the hallmark of the Russian breed for more than a century. The dense coat stands out from the body.

What is a Siberian cat? The Siberian is a centuries-old landrace of domestic cat in Russia and recently developed as a formal breed with standards promulgated the world over since the late 1980s. Siberians vary from medium to medium-large in size. A landrace is a domesticated, locally adapted, traditional variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture and pastoralism, and due to isolation from other populations of the species. 

What is a tortoiseshell cat? Tortoiseshell is a cat coat coloring named for its similarity to tortoiseshell material. Like calicos, tortoiseshell cats are almost exclusively female. Male tortoiseshells are rare and are usually sterile.

What is a rusty spotted cat? The rusty-spotted cat is really one of the cat family's smallest members, of which historical records are known only from India and Sri Lanka. In 2012, it seems that it was also recorded in the western Terai of Nepal. 

Cat videos will excite you. The terms dog people and cat people certainly refer to a person's domesticated pet animal preference. Some people base a significant portion of their identity around their affinity for either beautiful cats or dogs. This builds on the perceived dichotomy between cats and dogs as pets in society.

What is dichotomy? It is a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.