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personA domesticated species of feline, commonly kept as a pet, derived from the African wildcat.
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The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice
Well, that's a great question, and scientists have been studying that for quite some time now. And the consensus, it's pretty clear at this point that the domestic cat, which is what we call the species around us, technically Felis caddis, the domestic cat evolved from the African wildcat. This is a species that is found throughout Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula and Western Asia.