“The Chart of Cats” breaks the kingdom down by genus, highlighting the fact that the humble domesticated cat (Felis catus) shares a category with the scruffy-looking Chinese mountain cat as ...

The domestication and trade of pet cats began about 10,000 years ago in modern-day Turkey when Anatolians tamed Near Eastern ...

Even today, Chinese cats have more white fur than their counterparts ... involved DNA sequencing of the cat remains to determine each species. "This is by far the largest and most comprehensive ...

It likely sported a short, all-white or partly-white coat—like most Chinese house cats today—and a long tail, and its ancestors probably came from Kazakhstan. Today's domestic cats are ...