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MeSH Heading: Cats
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.750.377.750.250.125
Unique ID: D002415
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002415
Annotation: check tag: no qualifiers; restrict to domestic cat
Scope Note: The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)
Entry Term(s): Domestic Cats; Felis catus; Felis domestica; Felis domesticus; Felis sylvestris catus
Registry Numbers: txid9685
Consider Also: consider also terms at FELINE
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0003684
Registry Numbers: txid9685
Scope Note: The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)
Terms: Cats Preferred Term
Term UI T007012
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Felis catus
Term UI T007013
Date10/25/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Felis domestica
Term UI T007014
Date10/25/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Felis domesticus
Term UI T547584
Date08/05/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Domestic Cats
Term UI T547585
Date08/05/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Felis sylvestris catus
Term UI T547586
Date08/05/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005)

Cats MeSH Descriptor Data 2025