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Domestication of the dog and cat

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Taxonomy of the cat

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Lecture Notes

Like the dog, the taxonomy of the cat reflects that she is a member of kingdom Animalia, and phylum Chordata, the class Mammalia, and order Carnivora. Cats, then, are members of the Felidae family and are classified with the genus and species Felis catus.