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The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae. Recent advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat occurred in the Near East around 7500 BC. It is commonly kept as a house pet and farm cat, but also ranges freely as a feral cat avoiding human contact. It is valued by humans for companionship and its ability to kill vermin. Its retractable claws are adapted to killing small prey like mice and rats. It has a strong, flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp teeth, and its night vision and sense of smell are well developed. It is a social species, but a solitary hunter and a crepuscular predator. Cat communication includes vocalizations like meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting as well as cat body language. It can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by small mammals. It also secretes and perceives pheromones. Female domestic cats can have kittens from spring to late autumn in temperate zones and throughout the year in equatorial regions, with litter sizes often ranging from two to five kittens. Domestic cats are bred and shown at events as registered pedigreed cats, a hobby known as cat fancy. Animal population control of cats may be achieved by spaying and neutering, but their proliferation and the abandonment of pets has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, contributing to the extinction of bird, mammal and reptile species. As of 2017, the domestic cat was the second most popular pet in the United States, with 95.6 million cats owned and around 42 million households owning at least one cat. In the United Kingdom, 26% of adults have a cat, with an estimated population of 10.9 million pet cats as of 2020. As of 2021, there were an estimated 220 million owned and 480 million stray cats in the world. Etymology and naming The origin of the English word cat, Old English catt, is thought to be the Late Latin word cattus, which was first used at the beginning of the 6th century. The Late Latin word may be derived from an unidentified African language. The Nubian word kaddîska 'wildcat' and Nobiin kadīs are possible sources or cognates. The Nubian word may be a loan from Arabic قَطّ‎ qaṭṭ ~ قِطّ qiṭṭ.The forms might also have derived from an ancient Germanic word that was imported into Latin and then into Greek, Syriac, and Arabic. The word may be derived from Germanic and Northern European languages, and ultimately be borrowed from Uralic, cf. Northern Sámi gáđfi, 'female stoat', and Hungarian hölgy, 'lady, female stoat'; from Proto-Uralic *käďwä, 'female (of a furred animal)'.The English puss, extended as pussy and pussycat, is attested from the 16th century and may have been introduced from Dutch poes or from Low German puuskatte, related to Swedish kattepus, or Norwegian pus, pusekatt. Similar forms exist in Lithuanian puižė and Irish puisín or puiscín. The etymology of this word is unknown, but it may have arisen from a sound used to attract a cat.A male cat is called a tom or tomcat (or a gib, if neutered). A female is called a queen or a molly, if spayed, especially in a cat-breeding context. A juvenile cat is referred to as a kitten. In Early Modern English, the word kitten was interchangeable with the now-obsolete word catling.A group of cats can be referred to as a clowder or a glaring. Taxonomy The scientific name Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. Felis catus domesticus was proposed by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777. Felis daemon proposed by Konstantin Satunin in 1904 was a black cat from the Transcaucasus, later identified as a domestic cat.In 2003, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled that the domestic cat is a distinct species, namely Felis catus. In 2007, the modern domesticated subspecies F. silvestris catus sampled worldwide was considered to have likely descended from the Near Eastern wildcat (F. lybica) following results of phylogenetic research. In 2017, the IUCN Cat Classification Taskforce followed the recommendation of the ICZN in regarding the domestic cat as a distinct species, Felis catus. Evolution The domestic cat is a member of the Felidae, a family that had a common ancestor about 10 to 15 million years ago. The evolutionary radiation of the Felidae began in Asia during the Miocene around 8.38 to 14.45 million years ago. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA of all Felidae species indicates a radiation at 6.46 to 16.76 million years ago. The genus Felis genetically diverged from other Felidae around 6 to 7 million years ago. Results of phylogenetic research shows that the wild members of this genus evolved through sympatric or parapatric speciation, whereas the domestic cat evolved through artificial selection. The domestic cat and its closest wild ancestor are diploid and both possess 38 chromosomes and roughly 20,000 genes. Domestication It was long thought that the domestication of the cat began in ancient Egypt, where cats were venerated from around 3100 BC, However, the earliest known indication for the taming of an African wildcat was excavated close by a human Neolithic grave in Shillourokambos, southern Cyprus, dating to about 7500–7200 BC. Since there is no evidence of native mammalian fauna on Cyprus, the inhabitants of this Neolithic village most likely brought the cat and other wild mammals to the island from the Middle Eastern mainland. Scientists therefore assume that African wildcats were attracted to early human settlements in the Fertile Crescent by rodents, in particular the house mouse (Mus musculus), and were tamed by Neolithic farmers. This mutual relationship between early farmers and tamed cats lasted thousands of years. As agricultural practices spread, so did tame and domesticated cats. Wildcats of Egypt contributed to the maternal gene pool of the domestic cat at a later time.The earliest known evidence for the occurrence of the domestic cat in Greece dates to around 1200 BC. Greek, Phoenician, Carthaginian and Etruscan traders introduced domestic cats to southern Europe. During the Roman Empire they were introduced to Corsica and Sardinia before the beginning of the 1st millennium. By the 5th century BC, they were familiar animals around settlements in Magna Graecia and Etruria. By the end of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, the Egyptian domestic cat lineage had arrived in a Baltic Sea port in northern Germany.The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) was tamed independently in China around 5500 BC. This line of partially domesticated cats leaves no trace in the domestic cat populations of today.During domestication, cats have undergone only minor changes in anatomy and behavior, and they are still capable of surviving in the wild. Several natural behaviors and characteristics of wildcats may have pre-adapted them for domestication a.... Discover the Cat Johnson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cat Johnson books.

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  • Red Hot synopsis, comments

    Red Hot

    Cat Johnson

    He's a hot farmer with commitment issues. She's been in his friend zone since kindergarten. It'll take a little Mudville crazy to knock them out of their comfort zone... ...

  • Hot SEAL, Runaway Bride synopsis, comments

    Hot SEAL, Runaway Bride

    Cat Johnson

    "deliciously pageturning" Friends? No. Enemies? Maybe. Lovers? Never! Ten years ago the hot but cocky Navy SEAL went from ignoring her, to kissing her, to rejecting her. Now, the l...

  • Tempted by a SEAL synopsis, comments

    Tempted by a SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    Loner. Biker. SEAL…Known only as Mack to his SEAL teammates, he’s a stone cold killer when he needs to be, but he’d rather just straddle his Harley and escape from everything and e...

  • Wed to a SEAL synopsis, comments

    Wed to a SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    In his career as a Navy SEAL, Rocky Mangiano has been called a Jersey boy, and a Yankee, and a few other choice names he shouldn’t repeat in mixed company, but never in his life ha...

  • Loved by a SEAL synopsis, comments

    Loved by a SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    "Second chance love has never been hotter!!" Romazing Reader A USA Today Best Selling Book Navy SEAL. Southern boy. A guy’s guy.  Brody Cassidy likes beer and barbecue and the...

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    Trooper

    Forrest Bryant Johnson

    Whenever middleaged desert tour guide Forrest Bryant Johnson went out on his daily walks into the Mojave, all was usually peaceful and serene. But one beautiful summer day in 1987,...

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    Hooked

    Cat Johnson

    In all of her many years interviewing bullriders as the sideline reporter for the pro tour, Annie Grant has never been tempted until she learns Luke is back on the market. Veteran...

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    Cadaver Lab 2

    Cat Johnson

    FastPaced | LightHearted | FeelGood Ghost Gabe is back and so is book & wine shop owner Natalie and her hot doctor boyfriend Liam for more shenanigans in your favorite small to...

  • Cadaver Lab synopsis, comments

    Cadaver Lab

    Cat Johnson

    He's a former Army medic. She owns a book and wine shop. It's all the makings of one steamy smalltown romance… except he runs a cadaver lab and she sees dead people.  Strange ...

  • Betting on a Hot SEAL synopsis, comments

    Betting on a Hot SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    Boys will be boys . . . especially in Vegas and no one parties like a team of Hot SEALs with a night's liberty but Navy SEAL Craig Dawson finds that some bets follow you home. ...

  • Home Coming synopsis, comments

    Home Coming

    Cat Johnson

    Navy SEAL Quinn Baldwin takes the long road home to visit his family, but instead finds TikTok sensation Bailey Knowles taking refuge in his childhood home. She needs protection. H...

  • The Man with a Load of Mischief synopsis, comments

    The Man with a Load of Mischief

    Martha Grimes

    From bestselling author Martha Grimes, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury is back on the case in an installment in the Richard Jury Mystery series. Long Piddleton had always be...

  • City Girl Seeks Cowboy synopsis, comments

    City Girl Seeks Cowboy

    Cat Johnson

    Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...and when three women are burned by the same man and decide to do something about it, watch out. Olivia Bennett left New York hoping to find...

  • Kissing Books synopsis, comments

    Kissing Books

    Cat Johnson

    Piss off the hot farmer ✔ Find out I'll be living in a funeral home ✔ Meet my new pet pig Petunia ✔ Day one in town proved one thing . . . I'm screwed. Welcome to Mudville, home of...

  • Champion synopsis, comments

    Champion

    Cat Johnson

    Once upon a time Cooper Holbrook was a champion, racking up buckles and buckle bunnies with ease. But the years have not been kind to the former bull rider, leaving him broke ...

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    Hot Spy for Hire

    Cat Johnson

    "exciting and funny and sweet and verry sexy!" 5 Stars It was more than just a onenight stand . . . Chelsea, the woman I can't get out of my head sixmonths after our one and only n...

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    Hot Hero for Hire

    Cat Johnson

    He’s a Hollywood heartthrob. She’s a cowgirl with an attitude. Gasoline, meet fire. “Jamey is all kinds of swoon worthy.” JAMEY I survived bouts with amateurs and pro fighters both...

  • The Old Fox Deceived synopsis, comments

    The Old Fox Deceived

    Martha Grimes

    It is a chilly and foggy Twelfth Night, wild with North Sea wind, when a bizarre murder disturbs the outward piece of Rackmoor, a tiny Yorkshire fishing village with a past that pr...

  • Hot SEAL, Dirty Martini synopsis, comments

    Hot SEAL, Dirty Martini

    Cat Johnson

    He wants seclusion. She craves the spotlight. The deal they make could give them both what they need . . . if they don’t kill each other first. Home renovation has never been hotte...

  • Saved by a SEAL synopsis, comments

    Saved by a SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    Zane Alexander was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but the rebellious bad boy traded it in for a Navy SEAL trident.  Now, Zane’s teammates are depending on him to get t...

  • Kissed by a SEAL synopsis, comments

    Kissed by a SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    Retired Navy SEAL Chris Cassidy knows the bro codeno messing around with teammates’ sisters. However, Chris never was one for following rules, and Rick’s gorgeous sister Darci is w...

  • Dog Days synopsis, comments

    Dog Days

    Cat Johnson

    Never in a million dog days of summer would I have guessed my breaking Mudville’s pooper scooper law would lead me to the town’s bad boy. But that’s exactly what happened. He was t...

  • Hot SEAL, Heartbreaker synopsis, comments

    Hot SEAL, Heartbreaker

    Cat Johnson

    When one Navy SEAL heartbreaker gets a dose of his own medicine, he realizes love isn't the enemy, but he has to convince the commitmentadverse woman he's fallen for of the same th...

  • Tippi synopsis, comments

    Tippi

    Tippi Hedren

    In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywoodthe star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Marnietells her story, including neverbeforerevea...

  • Home Front synopsis, comments

    Home Front

    Cat Johnson

    He'd thought things couldn’t get any worse. He was wrong.   When ranking the bad luck in one’s life, it can be hard to determine which crap is the crappiest.  The injury ...

  • Undercover Santa synopsis, comments

    Undercover Santa

    Cat Johnson

    It's Christmastime in Mudville and Morgan's Farm Market is all decked out for the holidays, but the man in the Santa suit isn't who he says he is... ELIZABETH I recognized him righ...

  • The Books That Changed My Life synopsis, comments

    The Books That Changed My Life

    Bethanne Patrick

    One hundred of today’s most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their heartsthat made them who they are today.Leading authors, p...

  • Protected by a SEAL synopsis, comments

    Protected by a SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    "another perfect book" BJ's Book Blog Rick doesn’t know who he hates morethe spoiled actress he's hired to protect or the stalker trying to kill her. But he only wants to take one ...

  • Help the Poor Struggler synopsis, comments

    Help the Poor Struggler

    Martha Grimes

    Book seven of the suspenseful Richard Jury Mystery series!Around bleak Dartmoor, where the Hound of the Baskervilles once bayed, three children have been brutally murdered. Now Ric...

  • The Deer Leap synopsis, comments

    The Deer Leap

    Martha Grimes

    In her latest Richard Jury adventure, Martha Grimes takes us to Ashdown Dean, a little English village where animals are dying in a series of seemingly innocuous accidents. While t...

  • Bad Decisions synopsis, comments

    Bad Decisions

    Cat Johnson

    I'm the deputy sheriff. She's very possibly a criminal. I should be arresting her. Instead, I'm kissing her. Small town law enforcement always has been a bit different, but even I ...

  • Hot SEALs Volume 1 synopsis, comments

    Hot SEALs Volume 1

    Cat Johnson

    ActionAdventure | Protector | Military Romance | Romantic Suspense A team of sexy SEALs, terrorist threats, and attractions that can’t be denied . . . it all comes together in this...

  • Romanced by a SEAL synopsis, comments

    Romanced by a SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    As a SEAL, Jon Rudnick dodged copper and lead without flinching, but just the thought of one tiny gold band around his ring finger sends him into a cold sweat. Love is one thing, b...

  • The Stargazey synopsis, comments

    The Stargazey

    Martha Grimes

    Saturday night. It was not a night to be spending alone, riding a bus. When he was a teenager at the comprehensive, Saturday night without a girl, without a date, without at least ...

  • Shadow Pawn synopsis, comments

    Shadow Pawn

    Cat Johnson

    He'd spent his career hiding in shadows. Now they want to send him back into them. The question is, who are they? Is this job his saving grace or has he just made a deal with the d...

  • Shadow Lies synopsis, comments

    Shadow Lies

    Cat Johnson

    She's a beauty.  He's become a beast. Both fell from grace.  Can a secret shadow organization help them rise from the ashes? Or is it all lies?   She was the sister ...

  • Hot Chick for Hire synopsis, comments

    Hot Chick for Hire

    Cat Johnson

    I thought I was interviewing to be an escort . . . The position I accidentally ended up getting might be even more dangerous. Me, Chelsea Bridges, working for a private military co...

  • Hot Billionaire for Hire synopsis, comments

    Hot Billionaire for Hire

    Cat Johnson

    I’m a billionaire, not a security expert, but even I know my allAmerican girlfriend taking me down in one smooth move and speaking Russian like a native is suspicious. The worst pa...

  • Hot SEAL, Under Pressure synopsis, comments

    Hot SEAL, Under Pressure

    Cat Johnson

    Navy SEAL Stefan Kowalski is stubborn, cocky, obnoxious and entirely too full of himself. He's also as attractive as he is annoying and he knows it. Even worse, Shelly Laurens has ...

  • Home Fires synopsis, comments

    Home Fires

    Cat Johnson

    A Navy SEAL home on leave. The girl from his past who's been kidnapped. A hero willing to do anything to get her back... Calvin Swenson Junior is going home. But he's going back on...

  • SEALed at Midnight synopsis, comments

    SEALed at Midnight

    Cat Johnson

    Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus... As a combat hardened Navy SEAL, Thom Grande has fought terrorism around the globe, but he can’t fight is his exwife. Or her lawyer. Or the...

  • SEAL Strong synopsis, comments

    SEAL Strong

    Cat Johnson

    He let the love of his life walk away two years ago. Now her life is threatened and he'll move heaven and hell to save what's his. The only easy day was yesterday, and no one knows...

  • The Case Has Altered synopsis, comments

    The Case Has Altered

    Martha Grimes

    The sun, smoking behind a haze of cloud, threw off a light of burnished pewter. Mysteriously lit, it was as if the watery, colorless land refused drabness, stood determinedly again...

  • Hot SEAL, Tijuana Nights synopsis, comments

    Hot SEAL, Tijuana Nights

    Cat Johnson

    He's a Navy SEAL. She's his sister's annoying best friend . . . and now she's missing. In Tijuana. And he has to find her. During his leave. Fck. Navy SEAL Zachary Browne made it b...

  • The Anodyne Necklace synopsis, comments

    The Anodyne Necklace

    Martha Grimes

    The third in the bestselling Richard Jury mystery series by Martha Grimes.A spinster whose passion was birdwatching, a dotty peer who pinched pennies, and a baffling murder made th...

  • Jerusalem Inn synopsis, comments

    Jerusalem Inn

    Martha Grimes

    From the rough but colorful pub that provides the book’s title, to the snowboard Gothic estate nearby, the chilly English landscape has never held more atmosphereor thwarted romanc...

  • Zero Forks synopsis, comments

    Zero Forks

    Cat Johnson

    BOONE I know a BS excuse when I hear one. And my new boss has thrown half a dozen at me about why we can't be together. I only have one thing to say to all of that. The number of f...

  • Sisters synopsis, comments

    Sisters

    Daisy Johnson

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR“[A] skillfully crafted gothic mystery . . . Johnson pulls off a great feat in this book.” Financial Times “It reminded me, in its general...

  • Night with a SEAL synopsis, comments

    Night with a SEAL

    Cat Johnson

    Ten years of dedication to the Navy taught SEAL Jon Rudnick one thinghe’s not afraid to risk life and limb for his country. But when navigating military red tape begins to present ...