Egyptian Mau

History

Egyptian Mau is the oldest race of the domestic cat ever. Mau cats believed to be a derivative of the African Wild Cat (Felis Lybica ocreata). Ras domestication process is expected around the year 4000 to 2000 BC (BCE).

Ancient Egyptians often used to find this cat and bird hunting. Very often seen carved on temple walls depicting Mau cats were hunting in the swamp and biting a bird in his mouth. The oldest hieroglyphs cat picture was made around 2200 BC.

Around the year 2000 BC, cat Want a role in many ancient Egyptian culture. This cat is revered as a god that affects almost all aspects of community life at the moment. There are about 20 gods and goddesses in the form of a cat. At this time, many myths and curses appear related to cats.

A dead cat in this age become a mummy and then buried. The owner family, shaved his eyebrows as a sign of mourning. Another interesting thing from this era, namely the death penalty for someone who hurt a cat.

During the second world war, Ras Want endangered. Then the race was saved by an exiled Russian princess named Nathalie Troubetskoy. When he was in Italy, he got a cat Want of a child. The child got it from a diplomat. Troubetskoy trying to find out more about these cats and then determined mengembangbiakkannya. Many of the Egyptian Mau cat who is now a descendant of Troubetskoy cats.

Egyptian Mau first appeared in the contest cat in the U.S. in 1957. Around the year 1979 CFA recognized the existence of this race.

Characteristic
Egyptian Mau is the fastest domestic cat, capable of running with the speed of 36 mph (58 Km / h). Other races can run faster is the American Shorthair is also capable of running with the speed of 31 mph (50 Km / h). Egyptian Mau is a cat is very strong when compared to other cats of its size and role.

If anything, this cat is a miniature cheetah. Like Cheetah, Mau has a long rear legs and a thin skin and supple in the abdomen and hind legs. This causes the foot can stretch further when running.

Egyptian Mau regarded as the ancestor of the current cat. Some forms of anatomy, behavior and metabolism system different from other cats races. Want to be sensitive to temperature changes. Their body temperature is higher than any other cat. They are also very sensitive to drugs and other drugs.

Cat pregnancy generally ranges from 59-70 days. Rarely a pregnant cat for 70 days. Another case with Egyptian Mau, 73 days are still comparatively normal.

Want a cat has a unique voice. Sometimes they sound like mewing sounds of crickets or sound like the cackling of hyenas. Behavior that was quite interesting is when they're happy. They move the leg back to top-down like a dance.

Egyptian Mau is very rarely pure. It is estimated there are approximately 3000 registered Want tail around the world.

There are five colors Egyptian Mau, namely: silver, smoke, bronze, black and pewter (dark gray). For the purposes of the contest cat, only the first three recognized colors. All the cats want to have the color of pure green eyes.

American Shorthair

History

American Shorthair (ASH) is a descendant / development of the European races Shorthair and British Shorthair. History & development of ASH began in 1620, when the first domestic cats arrived in the Americas. The cat was taken by the predecessors of the European continent, climb aboard the Mayflower, to create a new colony in America.

The first colonization began in the northern United States. Similarly, ASH, the first development came from the American climate of northern hard. ASH adapted well and gradually follow until the spread of human development throughout the United States.

This race was originally known as Shorthair, then popularly known as the Domestic Shorthair in the 60's. In 1966 the name was changed to the American Shorthair.

Even a brown tabby ASH offered at a price of U.S. $ 2500 on a second cat contest held in Madison Square Garden, in the year 1896.

Characteristic
ASH is the cat's body size to large feet and strong claws. Snout shaped like a box, the entire body covered with thick short hair, solid and somewhat stiff. Serves to protect the body from cold and damp weather. These feathers thicken in the winter and fall in the spring.

Although including cat-large sized, ASH is lighter and thinner when compared with the British Shorthair. ASH including cats Late Maturity, mature and reach maximum size at the age of 3-4 years.

Size and ears were wide with curved tip. The distance between the ears. ASH is one cat with body strength & good health. Unlike a lot of Persian cats have a lot of genetic defects.
Color and color patterns vary widely ASH. Except colorpoint colors (such as the Siamese cat), for the benefit of all colors recognized registration. Popular color right now is silver tabby.

Temperament
ASH is a cat with a good character, intelligent with good hunting skills. ASH highly adaptable, relatively quiet but not as quiet as a Persian. American shorthair suitable for children and can be good friends with the dog. Maintenance is relatively easy and suitable for people who are busy.

Balinese

History

Ras balinese cat is a cat with an oriental cat body type (slender and long / svelte) long hair covered with color patterns such as race Siamese (colorpoint). Balinese cat's fur is not all Himalayan (Persian colorpoint).

These races form spontaneously as a result of mutation Siamese race. Siam is a short haired cats, because of spontaneous mutations arise Siamese cat with long hair. Simply Siamese cats and balinese is the same, the difference lies only in the long fur.

Balinese initially listed as "longahired Siamese". Around the 1920s, long berpulu Siamese kusing considered a rarity and sold as ordinary pets (pet). There are no special effort to breed these cats. Only in about 50 years of starting up the business to longhaired Siamese is considered as a separate race.

Around the mid 50's, two cat breeders, Marion Dorsey (Rai-Mar Cattery, California) and Helen Smith (MerryMews Cattery, New York) decided to breed longhaired Siamese. Helen Smith named the balinese race, because the elegance of these cats like beauty, elegance and grace bali dancer.

Ras balinese later became popular and many breeders try to improve the characteristics and appearance of this race. Balinese and then split into two, namely traditional and modern. Some people prefer the traditional type while most of the breeders and judges prefer modern.

Traditional Siamese Sepertihalnya race, traditional balinese have a heavier body and sturdy, form a more rounded head and smaller ears than modern balinese. Traditional Balinese have medium hair length (+ 5 cm) are covered throughout the body, while modern balinese have short hair on the head and body, long hair is only in the tail alone.

Color variations are recognized by the CFA as a Siamese cat variation, namely: seal point, blue point, chocolate point and lilac point.

Characteristics Balinese
Almost all the nature and Balinese body shape similar to the Siamese. The difference lies only in the long fur.

Maine Coon

History
Maine Coon is one race cats are naturally formed. As the name implies, this race comes from the state of Maine (United States). Various myths and legends associated with this cat race. Though biologically impossible, many people believe Maine Coon cats resulting from the marriage half wild with Racoon. This myth arises because the shape and color of cats maine coon tail much resembling a racoon. Also racoon name was later adopted also form a race of this cat, maine - comes from the state name and coon - short for racoon.
Another story was popular enough, maine coon from the six pet cats which Marie Antoinette sent to Wiscasset (Maine) when he was planning to escape from France during the French revolution.

Most cat breeders think this race marriages generated from domestic cats with the cats, long-haired from other countries. Two alleged racial cat became the ancestors Maine Coon is a cat Angora (allegedly taken by the British merchants) and the Norwegian Forest Cat (brought to America by the Vikings). Regardless of whether or not true these allegations, the physical form of Norwegian Forest cat is similar to the Maine Coon.

Maine Coon was recorded as the first contestant in the year 1861 cat. in 1895, a female Maine Coon cat brown tabby-colored with Cosie name, won the contest cat at Madison Square Garden.

Declining popularity of this race in the 1900s, defeated by the popularity of Persian cats. New in 1950 races begin again developed, registered and included in the contest cat. In 1968 six of Maine coon cat breeders to join and form a "Maine Coon Breeders and Fanciers Association (MCBFA)" to defend and preserve this race. In 1980 the Maine Coon is recognized by all cat lovers organization as one race with its own characteristics and standards. Currently in Indonesia also has some Maine Coon breeders.

Maine coon "original" has more toes than any other cat. The advantages of this finger is called genetic polidactyl and dominant. Although there are some special cat breeders maintain the original nature of this, most modern maine coon no longer carry the gene polidactyl. Most organizations and clubs did not allow the cat world cat polidactyl contest, as a result maine coon bred polidactyl not much more.

Characteristics of the Maine Coon
All member maine coon body is the result of the function of adaptation to climate and extreme weather. Fur shiny, thick and "anti-water", and the thick fur at the neck, abdomen and feet serve to protect the body from the snow and cold temperatures. Long tail with a thick fur, during sleep curled around to protect the body from cold temperatures. Eyes and big ears reflect the ability of vision and hearing more.

Maine coon has a high body, muscular and big boned. Adult male cats usually have a weight from 6 to 9 kg with a body length of 1m, while females are usually smaller with weight 4-6 kg. With the addition of winter fur which can reach lengths of 7 cm, maine coon look very large. Maine coon cat largest ever recorded has a body length (from head to tail) 121 cm.

Sepertihalnya Norwegian Forest cat and big cats other, including the Maine coon is the type of slow growth and development. The size and shape of the new adult body is reached at age 3 - 5 years.

Temperament
Maine Coon cat who is close to humans, not fully independent but not necessarily looking for the owner's attention. Compared persia who prefer to sleep lap, maine coon more active and likes to be close around the owner.

Physical characteristics
The main feature of maine coon physically present in the head, body shape, hair texture and hair around the neck resembling a lion's mane.

Large bodies, long, almost rectangular, pertulangan and strong perototan. Head of medium size and width, forehead slightly curved, with prominent cheekbones perototan clear. Nose broad and slightly curved at the tip with a sharp chin.
Big ears and wide at the bottom, forming a pointed bit at the edges, and covered her ears in a long fur. Eyes wide and slightly oval, appear round when wide open.

The length of neck moderate and strong, and slightly curved. Legs are long with pertulangan and perototan strong. Tail length and width at the base and thinning to the end, quite thick tail feathers. Thick, soft fur, short on the head, shoulders and legs, a bit long in the back and thighs, stomach and neck while longer. Undercoat soft and resistant to water, because the feathers a bit oily

Manx

History

Manx race came from a small island in England called the Isle of Man. Manx is one of the oldest cat races ever registered. Manx is also one race that occurs naturally. The main feature of Manx is a short tail or no tail at all and short fur.

Similar to race relations and exotic shorthair persians, Manx with long hair are classified into one another of different races, the race Cymric (pronounced KIM KUM Rik or rik).


Many stories and myths related to Manx and how he lost his tail. One myth tells how the Manx lost its tail in the days of Noah. One story says there was a cat arrived late at the time of Noah's Ark ready to go. Because a hurry to close the door, the door was hit and cut the cats that eventually became the ancestors Manx race.

Another myth tells of the early dogs were on board Noah did not like cats. Dog biting a cat's tail until the end. When the ship stopped at Ararat, the cat escaped and swam to the nearest island is now known as the Isle of Man. Eventually the cat and their offspring do not have tails.

Despite all these myths, Manx is a cat who had a genetic mutation. Mutation is associated with the development of the spine. Tailless gene is dominant (cover / tail beat the normal gene). The term â € € œSindrom Manxâ?? used to indicate a genetic disorder in the human spine and other animals.

Manx breeding should be watched closely. Manx who has two short tail genes (homozygous) generally die and miscarriages due to spinal disorders. The fetus is usually dead cats removed in a time of birth. Therefore, a breeder must be careful when marrying two tailless Manx. Something similar happened to the Scottish fold races who have genetic mutations in the cartilage.
Manx race was known in the British before the birth of Cat Fancy in the country in 1870. Then became popular in the U.S. in the year 1930.

Characteristic
Manx is a cat who is active and likes to play. This cat can jump higher than we can imagine. This capability is supported by the hips and rear legs are strong. Manx is also known as â € € œone cata person?? € or â € œone cata family??. Once he was bound and living with one person or one family, usually rather difficult to live and adapt to people or other families.

There are three forms of the resulting tails are: Dimple rumpy / rumpy, without a tail at all (he may take the show); Riser / Riser rumpy have little tails dipangkalnya; Stumpy, has a partial tail, longer than rumpy but shorter than longy; Longy , tail length to normal.

Body size Manx is very short compared to other races, with a wide chest and spine curved to hip. Location of the hips higher than shoulders because the hind legs longer and more powerful than the front legs.

Another distinctive feature is a round head with prominent cheeks. Color matching the color of nose hairs. Short and thick necks and big eyes, round, although the color does not match the hair color. Ear size is, the lower part widened with curved tip, where the two apart.

Manx fur consists of two layers, short and thick. Almost all colors are recognized as colourpoint, bicolour, solid and tabby.

Persian

Persian cat is a cat who is very pretty and beautiful with a great body shape, solid, large and round head, covered with a thick layer of fur. Even a layman would immediately recognize Persian cat.

In Indonesia, the cat race bred persians enough compared with other races. Perhaps due to the long hair and thick and calm nature, elegant and pampered, which is one characteristic of race cats persians. Persian dikandangkan easier, relatively quiet and more suited to live in the house.

Based on the length of fur, consisting emergency persia the two types of long-haired (long haired persian) and a short furry (exotic short hair). Based on color variations, persia divided into seven groups, namely:

Solid color (soon online)
Silver and Golden Division (soon online)
Shaded and Smoke Division (soon online)
Tabby Division (soon online)
Particolor Division (soon online)
Bicolor Division (soon online)
Himalayan Division (soon online)

Head:
Head of persia big and round, a snub nose and wide with a clear gap barrier with eyes. Strong jaw and wide, full cheeks supported prominent cheekbones. When viewed from the side, the forehead-shaped nose and chin perpendicular.

Ears: round ends, the base widened, not too tall and lean forward.

Eyes: eyes that open and wide, round, eye color associated with coat color.

Agency: broad, rounded chest with the back slightly rounded, the size and position of the rear rounded belly and lower (cobby)

Legs: short, thick, strongly supported a large bone. Straight front legs and hind legs too straight when viewed from behind.

Hoof: large, round, solid, five fingers on the front foot and four toes on the hind legs

Fur: Long and thick, shiny, covering the entire body

Tail: hairy thick, straight, according to the proportion of body length

Properties: easy to adapt to a variety of places, like to play and easy to love. Sweet facial expression with the properties could sit quietly and sleep in one place for hours, quiet and soft-spoken.

How To Knowing Your Kitten's Sex...??

Sex adult cat is usually more easily known than the kitten (kitten). Gender can be determined by examining the way around the anus (below the base of the tail).

Male adult cats usually have larger bodies and muscular and has a penis and testicles. Adult male testis cat shaped like two small balls for marble that lies between the anus and penis. Under the testes are small circular holes where the exit is premature.

Adult female cats certainly do not have testicles. Below is the vulva anal canal such that shaped like a line. In addition, a cat who has three colors must have a female gender.

A little bit difficult is to determine the sex kitten that was less than two months. Error determine sex often occurs because sometimes the area around the anus covered with a coat of dirt.

Testes in male kitten that has not fully developed are not easily visible and palpable.

Male kitten has a small circular hole in the bottom of the anus. In addition the distance between the anus with a penis bigger hole because at this place will grow testes. Vulva-anus distance in female cats closer together and shaped like upside-down exclamation point.

Famous Cat Lovers

Prophet Muhammad saw 570-632
Willing to cut his robe, which was laid by her beloved cat to sleep so as not to disturb the cat.

Pettrach 1304-1374
Seoranga poet, after the dead cat was dead and then embalmed.

Cardinal Richelieu in 1585-1642
Provide a special room in the church for her beloved cat and always fed chicken head every other day.

Sir Wiston Churchill 1875-1965
Always enjoy a meal with her little cat.

Albert Schweitzer 1875 -1965
A doctor who writes with his left hand, but could also write with his right hand when her beloved cat was sleeping on his left hand.

Abraham Lincoln
Berwarana tabby cat has, is the first cat in the White House.

Alexader Dumas
The writer Three Musketeers has a cat named Mysouff. The cat has the ability to know when the time his master would finish work or home late.

Amy Carter
Jimmy Carter's daughter has a number of cats, including Siamese race named â € œMisty Malarky Ying Yangâ €??

Renoir & Monet
This French artist loved cats and often shows a cat in some of his paintings.

Charles Dickens
Have several cats, one known as Masterâ Cat € ™ s capable of blowing out the candles to take the attention Dickens.

Dr. Samuel Johnson
A first lexicographer had a cat named Hodge. Johnson used to eat cat meberi various special foods such as crabs.

Edgar Allan Poe & Mark Twain
While Edgar is often used cats as symbols of scary in a story, but he is a cat lover as well as his friend Mark Twain.

Edwar Lear
As with writers known poem â € œThe funny Owel and Pussy cata €??. Foss named his cat and the cat was dead buried in a garden owned by Lear in Italy.

Ernest Hemingway
Has 30 cats, one of which has 6 toes.

Egyptian Sultan
In the 13 th century Egyptian sultan gave all his wealth for cats terlanyar in Cairo, For several years these cats get a free meal every day.

Florence Nightingale
Persian cat has a very large named Bismarck.

Horace Wadpole
Essays from the British poet writes about her favorite cat.

Pope (Pope) Leo XII
Have a cat named Micette red to ash-gray with black lines. Micette born in the Vatican and the Pope also died with the other.

Rutherford.B.Hayes
The first Siamese cat brought to the U.S. gift to President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Sir Isaac Newton
A scientist who discovered gravity, made a special door to comfort her beloved cat is now better known as cat flap.

Sir Walter Scott
Having a cat that given the Hinse, known to interfere with the dog belonged to Sir Walter Scott

Théophile Steinlen
Swiss artist has a house in Paris known as the â € € œCats cornerâ??.

TS Elliot
English poet who had won the Nobel prize was also a cat lover, and a lot of writing since about the cat. One of them œOld possumsâ € â € ™ s Book of Practical Catsâ €?? made music by Andrew Lloyd Weber became a famous musical composition.

Theodore Roosevelt
Have a cat named Slippers gray (blue paint), has more than five fingers.

Vanna White
This popular author has 2 cats often called fortune wheel (Wheel of Fortune).

Victor Hugo
Famous French writer of this writing about the cat kesyangannya in his diary.

House Cat Ancestors Have Been Found

Search for ancestors domestic cats has led the researchers to sort of wild cat that close relatives were still roaming the remote desert Middle East today.

The cat change from fierce predators to be funny pets, according to genetic analysis, allegedly occurred about 10,000 years ago. That is the time when humans began to grow crops. This means that the first cat that is friendly to humans likely act as a mouse hunter who often disturb the seeds stored human.

"We think that is the beginning of the natural history of human relationships with the cats," said Stephen Oa € ™ Brien, a geneticist from the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, "which turns wild and vicious predators became friends and co-exist with humans."

Until now researchers know little about the genetic relationships between different types of cats, including the wild cats and domestic cats. One reason is that domestic cats often mate with wild cats, making it difficult for researchers to distinguish between a mixture of domestic cats and wild cats really wild.

Cat gene

The main difference between domestic cats and wild cats is their behavior. Domestic cats live in groups and are generally not afraid of humans. Because the analysis of the behavior of the cat groups almost impossible, then the international team of researchers investigating the genetic side.

Carlos Driscoll of the National Cancer Institute and his colleagues analyzed genetic material from nearly 1,000 cats, including cats home and subspecies of wild cats, such as the European wildcat, the Near Eastern wildcat, the Central Asian wildcat, African wildcat South, and China desert cats.

They found that each group represents a subspecies of wildcat called Felis silvestris. While the DNA of domestic cats with a DNA match a subspecies of the Near Eastern wildcat, Felis silvestris lybica, who live in the remote deserts of Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Family cat

As for the cats - both domestic and wild - comes from the same single ancestor. which lowers their ancestors came earlier than expected, ie about 130,000 years ago.

However, according to estimates, the descendants of the ancestors of these cats may take two different roads when spread from the Middle East. One group through Egypt, while another group went from Mesopotamia to India, then to China and then up to Japan.

About when the cat comes home from the trip, Driscoll admitted that they did not have the information to be able to find the exact estimates.

To solve the puzzle, the researchers examined historical records and archaeological findings. For example, paintings in Egyptian tombs show that around 3600 years ago, domestic cats have been living in Egypt. While the cemetery that contains a cat and humans around 9500 years old and recently discovered in Cyprus.

Well, to find out in more detail about the truth of that theory, research is required completeness of the cat gene. That is being done Oa € ™ Brien and his colleagues, namely to map the genetic material from domestic cats named Cinnamon, who lives in Columbia, Missouri. They hoped to find specific genes related to the benign nature of the cat.

Source: Kompas Cyber Media

Tongue and Throat

1. Thyroid gland
2. Esophagus, the food channel that connects the throat to the stomach
3. Trachea, the air channel that connects the throat to the lungs
4. Laryng, tracheal entrance
5. Epiglottis, the valve that regulates the entrance of air breathing, food & beverage
6. Tonsils, lymph defense contained in the throat
7. The tongue
8. papillae vallate
9. papillae filiform
10. papillae fungiform
11. papillae foliate

Like the human tongue, cat's tongue has taste sensors nerve. These sensors are on the papillae which have a variety of forms. each form can only pappillae certain sense. Number Pappilae cat's tongue is much less when compared to the human tongue. Source: Color Atlas of Small Animal Anatomy The Essentials. Thomas O. McCraken, Robert A. Kainer.

Male Genital

Description:

1. ductus deferens: sperm Channels
2. ureter: connecting the kidney to the bladder / urinary vesica
3. urinary vesica: bladder / urine bag
4. colon: colon
5. urethra: urinary drainage
6. pubic bone
7. prostate gland
8. rectum
9. gland bulbo-uretralis
10. preputium: leather wrapping the penis
11. penis
12. testes: sperm-producing organs

Cat's Eye

Description

1. top eyelid
2. membrane nictitan / third eyelid: normally not visible. be seen clearly as his eyes, is one of the signs of dehydration (the cat is sick)
3. lower eyelid
4. sclera: the eyeball white
5. pupils: enlarge and shrink according to the amount of light, which controls the light into the eye, shrinking when bright light and dilate in a state of lack of light
6. iris: the cat's eye that contains the color pigments. iris color visible at smaller pupil

Cat's Body

Here is the anatomy of cats body ^^

Description:

1. neck, consists of 7 pieces of bone (cervical vertebrae)
2. shoulder, scapula (Scapulla)
3. vertebrae, 13 thoracic vertebrae
4. vertebrae, 7 lumbar vertebrae
5. spine, vertebrae 3 bones joined together sacralis
6. pelvic bones (ischium)
7. thigh bone (femur)
8. fibula (calf bone)
9. tibia (calf bone)
10. ankle (Tarsus)
11. soles of the feet (meta Tarsus)
12. finger (phalank)
13. coccyx, 18-23 vertebrae bone coccigea
14. knee cap (patella)
15. rib
16. palm of hand (meta carpus)
17. claw
18. the wrist (carpus)
19. ulna (bones of the hand)
20. radius (bones of the hand)
21. the humerus (elbow bone)
22. breast bone (sternum)
23. lower jaw (mandible)
24. upper jaw (maxilla)
25. bone head

Kind of Race

The number of cats around the world race very much. Each race has a special character, but because of the frequent cross-racial marriage, many cats are simply grouped into types of long hair and short hair, depending on the type of hair covering his body.

There are many kinds of races cats, some of them:

Manx
Some people call it Rumpy. Short tail, brown fur color and lavender. Its loyal, friendly and smart.

Maine Coon
Originally from Maine, U.S., descendants of Angora and American Shorthair. Its funny, shy but want to, and easy familiarity. Fur is thin, soft, and color vary.

British Shorthair
Developed in the UK. This cat is calm, gentle, warm, and intelligent. Fur color is a plain (white, black, blue, red and cream), dichromatic, black, striped.

Burmese (Burma)
These cats were bred by Dr. Thompson (USA) from the cat wong queens want (Burma) and Siamese. Mongoose brown, other colors of blue, champagne, lifa, red, brown, and blue turtles. jovial and funny character.

Chinchilla longhair
This is the most elegant Persian cat. Ancestors from England. This race is divided into two kinds, namely bright chinchilla (true) and a rather dark (shades of silver).

Colors

Cats have many kinds of colors and patterns. These physical properties do not depend on his race. Domestic cats are grouped into the following types based on physical appearance:

* Short hair
* Long hair
* Oriental (not a specific race, all the cats who was slender, almond-shaped eyes, big ears, and fine body hair is short)

Genes that regulate the color and fur patterns in determining the physical appearance of the cat that distinguishes them into:

Telon or Calico
white with little black spots or orange (or blue or cream). Japanese people often refer to this pattern as mi-ke. Because the coat color genes linked with sex, that Calico cats are generally colorful females.

Tortoiseshell
black with orange and white colors scattered throughout the body. Cats that have black, bright orange, and dark orange called Calimanco or Clouded Tiger.

Tabby
lined with a variety of patterns. Classic pattern in this cat-shaped dots or circles. Tabby mackerel species have three lines that looked at his sides, making this cat like a mackerel.

Maltese
old name of the blue cat (gray).

Bicolor (two colors)
Tuxedo also called Jellicle cat or cat because it has black fur with a little white on the legs, abdomen, chest, and perhaps also in the face.

Characteristics

Cats are considered as "perfect carnivore" with teeth and digestive tract in particular. Premolar and molar teeth first formed a pair of fangs on each side of the mouth that works effectively as a pair of scissors to tear meat. Although this feature is also found in the Canidae or dog family, but this feature is better developed in cats. Unlike other carnivores, cats do not eat almost anything that contains plants. Bears and dogs sometimes eat fruit, roots, or honey as a supplement if there while cats only eat meat, usually fresh game. In captivity, cats can not be adapted to a vegetarian diet because they can not synthesize all the amino acids they need by eating only plants; unlike dogs, are often fed a mixture of meat products and vegetables and sometimes can be adapted to a vegetarian diet is total.

Despite having a reputation as a reclusive animals, cats usually can establish wild colonies but did not attack in groups like lions. Each cat has its own country (males who are sexually active has the largest area, being male sterile has the smallest area) and there is always the "neutral" where the cats can watch each other or meet without the territorial conflict or aggression. Outside these neutral areas, local authorities will pursue common foreign cats, beginning with the staring, hissing, growling up, and if the foreign cats stay, usually a short fight. Cats who are fighting to uphold the body hair and arch your back so they look bigger. The attack usually consists of a slap in the face and body with front legs sometimes with bite. Serious injuries due to fights in cats are rare because the losing party will usually run away after suffering several wounds on his face. Active males are usually more frequently involved in fights throughout his life. This is evident in the various wounds on the face, like a nose or ears. Female cat sometimes getting into fights to protect her children even sterile cat will defend small areas with persistent.

View of cats behavior of current, which is a wild cat ancestors of domesticated cats estimated to evolve at a desert climate. Cats pleased with the warm atmosphere and often slept under the sun. Litter is usually dry and cats prefer to bury them in sandy places. Cats can be frozen, not moving for a long time especially when you're stalking prey or getting ready to "pounce". In North Africa were found in wild cats that may be closely related to ancestral cat today.

Because it has a close kinship with the desert animals, cats resistance to heat and cold temperate climate rather limited. Cats are not resistant to fog, rain, and snow, although there are several types such as Norwegian Forest Cat and Maine Coon can survive and try to maintain normal body temperature, ie 39 ° C, in wet conditions. Most cats do not like to soak in water, with the exception of Turkish Van.

Pregnancy or gestation period in cats range from 63 days. Kittens are born blind and deaf. Their eyes just opened at the age of 8-10 days. The kitten will be weaned by its mother at the age of 6-7 weeks and sexual maturity is reached at age 10-15 months. Cats can contain 4 as well as her womb the fetus has a special form with 4 different sections.

Cats typically weigh between 2.5 to 7 pounds and rarely exceed 10 kg. If fed too much, cats can reach 23 kg body weight. But this condition is very unhealthy for the cats and should be avoided. In captivity, cats can live for 15 to 20 years old, the oldest known cat 36 years old. Pet cats are not permitted to leave the house and sterilized to live longer (reducing the risk of fights and accidents). Wild cats that live in the modern urban environment to live only for 2 years or even less than that.

Pet cat who lived in the house must be given the litter box containing sand or special materials that are sold in pet stores. There should also be provided a special place for cats to scratch. This is important because cats need scratching activity is to shed the old layers of nails on the nails in order to stay sharp and maintained health. The absence of this special place will cause a lot of damage cat furniture.

Cats often choose food behavior. This is because they have a special organ of smell in the roof of the mouth called the vomeronasal organ or Jacobson's organ. When an organ is stimulated by a particular type of food, a cat will refuse food other than food.

Cats can see in very bright light. They have the iris or the iris of the eye to form a gap to be narrowed. However, it also reduces the narrowing of the field of view of a cat. An organ called the tapetum lucidum is used in environments with little light. These organs causes colored cat's eye when he was photographed with a flash. Like most predators, cats eyes facing forward, producing the perception of distance and reduce the size of the field of view. Cat's eye has a weak perception trikomatik.

When the light is too small to see, the cat will use the "whiskers" or misainya (vibrissae) to help determine the direction and the additional sense organ. Whiskers can detect changes very little wind, making a cat can detect objects around them without looking.

Cats have a third eyelid called niktitans membrane. The third eyelid is composed of a thin layer that can cover the eye and appear as a cat's eyes open. This membrane partially closed when the cat is sick. Sometimes a cat very sleepy or happy also shows this membrane.

A cat is often written "meow" in Indonesian. In the English language used in America, a cat is written "meow". In the UK alone, the writing is "miaow", "miaow" in French, "miau" in German, "it" in Japanese, and various other writing in various languages. Voice "meow" cat has various meanings depending on the pronunciation of the cat. Cats can also sound like a long snore often favored men. Because the sound is not a vowel sound, the cat may issue snoring and meowing at the same time.

Generally, all cats ears erect. Unlike dogs, cats with folded ears is very rare. Type the Scottish Fold is one of the cats with a rare genetic mutation of this. When angry or scared, cat ears this type will be bent back while the cat let out a growl or hiss. When listening to a sound, the cat ears will move toward the sound source; cat ears can lead to the front, to the side, even if looking back.

Cats are clean animals included. They often take care of themselves by licking their hair. Saliva or their saliva is a powerful cleaning agent, but can trigger allergies in humans. Sometimes a cat vomit hairball or curler that collect in their stomachs.

Cats save energy by sleeping more often than other animals. Old cat to sleep varies between 12-16 hours per day, with the average 13-14 hours. But it is not uncommon for a cat who slept 20 hours in a day.

Definitions of Cats

Cat, Felis silvestris catus, is a carnivore. The word "cat" usually refers to the "cat" which has been tamed, but can also refer to the "big cats" like lions, tigers, and tigers.

Cats have been mixed with human life since at least 6000 years BC, from a cat skeleton on the island of Cyprus. Ancient Egyptians from 3500 BC have been using a cat to keep mice or other rodents from the barn manyimpan crops.

Currently, the cat is one of the most popular pet in the world. Cat lineage officially registered as Purebred cats or pure (pure breed), such as Persian, Siamese, Manx, sphinx. Cats like this are usually bred in the animal care official. The number of cats race is 1% of all cats in the world, the rest were crossbred cats with a wild feline or cat home.Pet cat or house cat is one of the world's greatest predators. This cat can kill or eat a few thousand species, big cats are usually less than 100. But because of their small size, cats are not harmful to humans, the only danger that can arise is the possibility of rabies infection from cat bites. Cats can be fatal to an ecosystem that is not his natural home. In some cases, cats play or cause extinction. Cats catch and paralyze their prey in a similar way to the lions and tigers - to bite their prey's neck with sharp canine teeth that injure the spinal cord or cause the prey out of breath by damaging the throat.