VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

INTRODUCTION

Indian desert cat	Domestic cat	Jungle cat

Taxonomy of the domestic cat
Phylum		Animalia
Class		Mammalian
Order		Carnivore
Family		Felidae
Genus		Felis
Species		Catus
Domestic cat and some of its wild relatives
Domestic cat	Felis catus	Worldwide
African wild cat	Felis silvestris lybica	Africa
Indian desert cat	Felis silvestris ornate	South west Asia; northern India
Jungle cat	Felis chaus	Egypt to India
Sand cat	Felis margarita	Sahara to Turkestan
European wildcat	Felis silvestris silvestris	Scotland to south east Russia

African wild cat	Sand cat	European wild cat