The cats that we know today have a long history to look back millions of years. Paleontologists discovered evidence of a cat with retractable claws, Miacis, who lived about 50 million years ago. Many scientists believe that the descendants of cats and other prehistoric Miacis divided into three different groups of almost a million years, the big cats (lions and tigers), the cheetah, and small cats (ocelots, bobcats and lynxes).
Cats are available in different shapes and sizes, but the furCoat is on every cat is an important part of how they are classified. They are usually somewhere in the categories covered by long hair, short hair, or "hairless". Long-haired breeds are Persians, Himalayans, Maine Coons, Norwegian Forest and ragdoll. Shorthaired breeds: American Shorthair, American Wirehair, Siamese, Burmese, Korat, and Singapore. For "hairless" cats like the Sphinx, only seem to be glabrous. The race actually a thin layer of hair for hisBody.
Cats began life with the people around 6,000 years ago. Egyptian and Mesopotamian farmers tamed the Free African wild cat, Felis hybica to maintain a natural grain storage areas rodent hunters. Bast or Bastet Egyptians revered the cat goddess of fertility, happiness and the moon. Impressed by the natural beauty of the cat, sculptures and paintings of Egyptian artists to them what cultural icons.
Although the ancient Egyptians are known for their love knownCats are not the only people he admired. In Thailand, the Siamese cats were sacred temple. In Japan, Buddhist temples thse animals kept free of mice. In Norse mythology, Freya has led (the goddess of fertility) in a chariot drawn by two white cats. Cats head to China in 5000 BC and 100 BC in India.
Throughout history, sailors and other researchers have contributed cats spread throughout the world. They realized that keeping their ships in foreign countries was a good way to get ridTheir living spaces of mice. Over time, it was a fluke that cats be kept on board.
If the cats came to Europe in 900 BC, crossed with local silvestris cat found in the British Isles, felis. After the Middle Ages, but the cat has fallen out of favor with most European countries. The Catholic Church joined them and those who do with paganism, devil worship and witchcraft loved. Superstitious people believed that cats (cats especially blacks) were satanic powers. They were afraid becauseto see their nocturnal hunting habits, their ability in the dark and its "bright" eyes.
In 1484 Pope Innocent authorized the Inquisition to burn all the cats and cat lovers. As a result of the cat population has grown dramatically, the number of rodents. Millions of rats carrying fleas infected with bubonic plague spread throughout Europe. It ended when the persecution of cats, rats, they began to hunt again, and the Europeans saw the advantage of these natural huntersmaintain their free city "rodents.
In Victorian times they were again a warm welcome in the house and loving companion to be seen as' pets. Cats impressed Victorian artists, writers, scientists and philosophers of the day. Queen Victoria loved cats, and for this reason. Their reputation has been confirmed, it remains to this day.
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