Are house cats important?

The cats invited themselves in, and over time, as people favored cats with more docile traits, certain cats adapted to this new environment, producing the dozens of breeds of house cats known today. In the United States, cats are the most popular house pet, with 90 million domesticated cats slinking around 34 percent of U.S. homes. read more

The most popular pedigreed cat is the Persian cat, followed by the Main Coon cat and the Siamese cat. [1] The smallest pedigreed cat is a Singapura, which can weigh just 4 lbs (1.8 kg), or about five large cans of cat food. read more

25. Female cats are typically right-pawed while male cats are typically left-pawed. 26. Cats make more than 100 different sounds whereas dogs make around 10. 27. A cat's brain is 90% similar to a human's — more similar than to a dog's. 28. Cats and humans have nearly identical sections of the brain that control emotion. 29. read more