Anatomy

The cat's structure is comparable to that of other felids: it has a strong, flexible body, rapid reflexes, keen teeth, and retractable claws that are designed for killing small prey. It has excellent night vision and a keen sense of smell. Meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting are all examples of cat communication, as well as cat-specific body language. The cat is a solitary hunter yet a gregarious creature that is most active at dawn and dusk (crepuscular). It can hear sounds emitted by mice and other small mammals that are too faint or too high in frequency for human hearing.   Pheromones are secreted and detected by cats. 

Reproduction

From spring until late autumn, female domestic cats can bear kittens, with litter sizes typically ranging from two to five kittens. Cat showing is a hobby in which domestic cats are bred and presented as registered pedigreed cats at events. Spaying and neutering cats may help to reduce their population, but their growth and abandonment of pets has resulted in vast numbers of feral cats around the world, contributing to the extinction of entire bird, mammal, and reptile species. 

Domestication

"Cats were first domesticated in the Near East around 7500 BC. It was long thought that cat domestication began in ancient Egypt, where cats were venerated from around 3100 BC. As of 2021, there were an estimated 220 million owned and 480 million stray cats in the world.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 own 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."