CAT

name for a family of carnivora, (Felidoe), comprising lion, tiger, leopard, puma, wild cat, etc., but usually restricted to the latter species, (Felis cat us), the domestic cat, (Ff. domestic a) and other small forms, such as the Nubian gloved cat, (F. maniculata). The domestic cat, _ of which the tabby, usually grey, with Manx, Maltese, Persian, with green eyes and silver ish fur, Blue Persian, slate grey with amber eyes, and Spanish are among the better-known varieties, has been a companion of man since the dawn of society, and figured largely in _ the folk-lore of Aryan and other nations, ' and was a ociated with magic and religion. Although the domestic c. when - running wild a umes the habits and coloring of the wild c., evidence tends _to show that the former is a distinct species.