Editing Cat (section)

==Overview==

Domestic cats may be called "house cats" when kept as indoor [[pet]]s.<ref name="Clutton-Brock1999">{{Cite book |title=A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals |last=Clutton-Brock |first=J. |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge, England |date=1999 |isbn=978-0-521-63495-3 |edition=Second |pages=133–140 |chapter=Cats |oclc=39786571 |orig-year=1987 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cgL-EbbB8a0C&pg=PA133}}</ref> They are one of the most popular [[pet]]s in the world. [[Human]]s keep them for hunting mice and rats, and as friends. There are also farm cats, which keep [[Rodent|mice and rats]] away; and [[feral|feral cat]]s, which are domestic cats that live away from humans.<ref name="Liberg_al2014">{{Cite book|title=The domestic cat: the biology of its behaviour|last1=Liberg|first1=O.|last2=Sandell|first2=M.|last3=Pontier|first3=D.|last4=Natoli|first4=E.|date=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521636483|editor1-last=Turner|editor1-first=D. C.|edition=Second|location=Cambridge|pages=119–147|chapter=Density, spatial organisation and reproductive tactics in the domestic cat and other felids|editor2-last=Bateson|editor2-first=P.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgUwg6gU7n4C&pg=PA119|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> In 2021, there were about 220 million pet cats and 480 million feral cats in the world.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021|title=Statistics on cats|url=https://carocat.eu/statistics-on-cats-and-dogs/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225150136/https://carocat.eu/statistics-on-cats-and-dogs/|archive-date=25 February 2021|access-date=15 February 2021|website=carocat.eu}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=B33gDwAAQBAJ|page=616}}|title=Toxocara and Toxocariasis|last=Rostami|first=A.|date=2020|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=9780128209585|editor-last=Bowman|editor-first=D. D.|pages=616|chapter=30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Flatt Osborn|first=Jen|date=23 September 2023|title=How Many Cats Are in the World? A Statistical Overview|url=https://worldanimalfoundation.org/cats/how-many-cats-are-in-the-world/|access-date=26 October 2023|work=WorldAnimalFoundation.org}}</ref>

There are about 92 breeds of cat.<ref name="Driscoll_al2009">{{cite journal |last1=Driscoll |first1=C. A. |last2=Clutton-Brock |first2=J. |last3=Kitchener |first3=A. C. |last4=O'Brien |first4=S. J. |name-list-style=amp |date=2009 |title=The taming of the cat |journal=Scientific American |volume=300 |issue=6 |pages=68–75 |pmid=19485091 |pmc=5790555 |bibcode=2009SciAm.300f..68D |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0609-68|doi-broken-date=11 July 2025 | issn = 0036-8733}}</ref> Domestic cats are found in shorthair, longhair, and hairless breeds. Cats which are not specific breeds can be referred to as 'domestic shorthair' (DSH) or 'domestic longhair' (DLH).

The word 'cat' is also used for other [[Felidae|felines]], like [[lion]]s, [[tiger]]s, [[leopard]]s, [[jaguar]]s, [[puma]]s, and [[cheetah]]s.