June 19 (UPI) --New genetic analysis suggests cats first became domesticated by farmers in the Near East and ancient Egypt some 10,000 years ago. There are five subspecies of the wildcat, Felis ...

Analyses of genomic data suggest that the little-studied Chinese mountain cat, which has held a controversial taxonomic status, is a subspecies of wildcat and was not involved in feline domestication ...

A Chinese mountain cat photographed in a field of grass. Song Dazhao, CFCA A new genetic study involving the elusive Chinese mountain cat of the Tibetan Plateau has determined that this wild feline ...

Your cat is no pussy. All domestic cats on the planet descended from wildcats which still prowl the deserts of Israel, Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East, an international team of ...