cat

small domesticated carnivorous mammal
Taxon organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name Q146
cat
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cat

Summary

cat is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. cat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • cat's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[3].
  • cat is a type of domesticated mammal[4].
  • cat is a type of pet[5].
  • cat is a type of Felidae[6].
  • cat is used for pet[7].
  • cat is used for mouser[8].
  • cat is used for emotional support animal[9].
  • cat's Commons category is recorded as Cats[10].
  • cat's Unicode character is recorded as 🐈[11].
  • cat's Unicode character is recorded as 🐱[12].
  • cat comprises paw[13].
  • cat comprises snout[14].
  • cat comprises ear[15].
  • cat comprises tail[16].
  • cat comprises whiskers[17].
  • cat comprises eye[18].
  • cat comprises mouth[19].
  • cat comprises claw[20].
  • cat comprises tooth[21].
  • cat began on 8000 BC[22].
  • cat's source of energy is recorded as cat food[23].
  • cat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cats[24].
  • cat's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Cats[25].
  • cat's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[26].
  • cat's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[27].

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Discovery and Description

Things named for cat include Los Gatos[28], a town in California[29], in United States[30]; Arnold's cat map[31], an Anosov diffeomorphism[32]; puss in the corner[33], a children's game[34]; catsuit[35], a one-piece suit[36]; cat's cradle[37]; GNU IceCat[38], a web browser[39], founded in 2005[40]; Catlateral Damage[41], a video game[42]; and Kotowice[43], a village of Poland[44], in Poland[45].

Why It Matters

cat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] cat is known by 127 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for cat include Los Gatos[28], a town in California[29], in United States[30]; Arnold's cat map[31], an Anosov diffeomorphism[32]; puss in the corner[33], a children's game[34]; catsuit[35], a one-piece suit[36]; cat's cradle[37]; and GNU IceCat[38], a web browser[39], founded in 2005[40].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id Katzen
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10916]]: Katzen, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213754134|Katzen (#213754134)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeitung topic"
  2. 4d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Paleobiology database taxon id 231413
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10907]]: 231413, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/168963144|Felis domesticus (#168963144)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6462|Paleobiology Da"
  3. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0200683-kocky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0200683-kocky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag ['cat', 'cats']
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284701205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  5. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19378, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  6. 9w ago · ねこ8 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of domesticated mammal, pet, Felidae
    Instance of organisms known by a particular common name
    Pixiv encyclopedia id
    Start time
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11408]]: 猫"
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