Cat
Felis catus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Felis catus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Felidae
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- At dawn and dusk
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Towns and farms, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Not evaluated (domestic)
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Adult cats rarely meow at each other; the meow is mostly a sound they use to talk to people.
- People lived with cats about 9,500 years ago: on Cyprus, a cat was buried right next to a human grave.
Could you guess it from clues?
WildGuessr picks a secret animal, plant, fungus, stone, prehistoric creature or space object and you ask yes-or-no questions about it, such as its group or where it grows. The fewer clues you need, the more points you score.
Similar animals
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q146 · All animals · All entries