Cats, also known as domestic cats or house cats (scientific name: Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) are a type of carnivorous mammal from the family Felidae. The word "cat" usually refers to a domesticated "cat", but can also refer to "big cats" such as lions and tigers.

Cats have mingled with human life since at least 6,000 years BC, from the skeletons of cats on the island of Cyprus. Ancient Egyptians from 3,500 BC have used cats for mice or other rodents from barns that store crops.

Today, cats are one of the most popular pets in the world.[9] Cats whose lineages are officially recorded as purebred or purebred cats, such as the Persian, Siamese, Manx, and Sphinx. Cats like this are usually bred in official pet farms. The number of purebred cats is only 1% of all cats in the world, the rest are cats with mixed breeds such as liar cats or domestic cats.