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classification

(Encyclopedia)CE5 classification, in biology, the systematic categorization of organisms into a coherent scheme. The original purpose of biological classification, or systematics, was to organize the vast number...

cat

(Encyclopedia)cat, name applied broadly to the carnivorous mammals constituting the family Felidae, and specifically to the domestic cat, Felis catus. The great roaring cats, the lion, tiger, and leopard are anatom...

coon cat

(Encyclopedia)coon cat, name for a breed of large domestic cats (also called Maine cats), for the coatimundi, and for the cacomistle. ...

Himalayan cat

(Encyclopedia)Himalayan cat: see cat.

angora cat

(Encyclopedia)angora cat: see cat.

jungle cat

(Encyclopedia)jungle cat: see cat.

Maltese cat

(Encyclopedia)Maltese cat: see cat.

Manx cat

(Encyclopedia)Manx cat: see cat.

Abyssinian cat

(Encyclopedia)Abyssinian cat: see cat.

Burmese cat

(Encyclopedia)Burmese cat: see cat.