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The cat or housecat colloquially called pussycat, puss , Mizo or miz ; is a subspecies of carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae.

The cat is in coexistence near the man for about 9500 years than previously estimated , ranging between 3500 and 8000 year period.
In the Romance languages ​​today's most widespread vulgar names derived from Latin catus , word that especially alluded to the wild cats in contrast to domestic cats , in Latin , were called felis .





They communicate with groans , grunts and with a hundred different vocalizations , besides the corporal language. It was believed that the African wild cat ( Felis silvestris lybica ) was his most immediate ancestor , but recent genetic evidence indicates that current domestic cats share a direct origin with wild cats in the Middle East. However , being a subspecies can exchange and in fact does- genetic material with other subspecies of Felis silvestris . Hybridization has been detected with the European wildcat . This massive hybridization is considered the main threat to the conservation of wild variants. It is included in the list 100 of the most harmful invasive alien species in the world of the International Union for Conservation of Nature .